The temperature on March 12, 1919 was between 7.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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.
January 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
Day of marriage December 17, 1951
The temperature on December 17, 1951 was between 5.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
May 23 » Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China.
July 16 » King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
December 22 » The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
Day of death February 21, 1960
The temperature on February 21, 1960 was between -1.7 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
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