The temperature on June 28, 1919 was between 8.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
Day of marriage January 31, 1942
The temperature on January 31, 1942 was between -4.9 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -3 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 9 » Year-round Daylight saving time (aka War Time) is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
September 12 » World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
Day of death August 9, 1999
The temperature on August 9, 1999 was between 14.4 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
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