The temperature on August 2, 1918 was between 9.3 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
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.
February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage December 11, 1941
The temperature on December 11, 1941 was between 7.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
May 15 » Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
September 4 » World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USSGreer.
October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
December 17 » World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo.
Day of death May 29, 2005
The temperature on May 29, 2005 was between 8.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
July 7 » A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system, killing 56 people, including four suicide bombers, and injuring over 700 others.
October 22 » Tropical Storm Alpha forms in the Atlantic Basin, making the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms.
November 9 » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
December 11 » The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
December 17 » Jigme Singye Wangchuck abdicates the throne as King of Bhutan.
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