The temperature on June 5, 1914 was between 7.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
Day of burial August 19, 1988
The temperature on August 19, 1988 was between 15.1 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
November 3 » Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
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