The temperature on February 27, 1914 was between -1.1 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
Day of marriage July 20, 1936
The temperature on July 20, 1936 was between 11.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
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