The temperature on June 4, 1908 was between 16.3 °C and 29.9 °C and averaged 22.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
Day of marriage June 17, 1937
The temperature on June 17, 1937 was between 8.1 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
Day of death June 18, 1945
The temperature on June 18, 1945 was between 7.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
April 17 » Historian Tran Trong Kim is appointed the Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam.
April 26 » World War II: Filipino troops of the 66th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL and the American troops of the 33rd and 37th Infantry Division, United States Army are liberated in Baguio and they fight against the Japanese forces under General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
April 29 » World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.
July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
November 20 » Nuremberg trials: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals start at the Palace of Justice at Nuremberg.
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