The temperature on February 15, 1921 was between 2.7 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
Day of marriage November 15, 1947
The temperature on November 15, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
Day of death December 11, 1978
The temperature on December 11, 1978 was between 7.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 5 » The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
July 11 » Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
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