The temperature on February 13, 1911 was between -2.8 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of marriage September 17, 1932
The temperature on September 17, 1932 was between 12.5 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
Day of burial February 18, 1993
The temperature on February 18, 1993 was between 2.6 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is signed.
April 8 » The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.
June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
June 12 » An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.
September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
September 30 » The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
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