The temperature on February 12, 1918 was between 6.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
November 23 » Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Day of death December 31, 1970
The temperature on December 31, 1970 was between -11.6 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
May 31 » The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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