The temperature on December 23, 1930 was between -4.0 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
Day of death December 18, 1971
The temperature on December 18, 1971 was between 1.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
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