The temperature on December 21, 1924 was between 2.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
Day of marriage October 4, 1952
The temperature on October 4, 1952 was between 3.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of death December 4, 1978
The temperature on December 4, 1978 was between -0.1 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
November 3 » Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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