The temperature on August 18, 1909 was between 14.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
Day of marriage November 11, 1936
The temperature on November 11, 1936 was between 3.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 7 » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death October 4, 1993
The temperature on October 4, 1993 was between 9.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 23 » Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
May 1 » Dingiri Banda Wijetunga became president of Sri Lanka automatically after killing of R Premadasa in LTTE bomb explosion.
May 29 » The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
June 12 » An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.
August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
Day of burial October 8, 1993
The temperature on October 8, 1993 was between 10.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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