The temperature on August 9, 1914 was between 14.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
Day of marriage November 25, 1944
The temperature on November 25, 1944 was between 3.5 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
June 9 » World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.
June 26 » World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
September 6 » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
September 8 » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
Day of death September 10, 1971
The temperature on September 10, 1971 was between 7.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
May 26 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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