The temperature on August 21, 1919 was between 7.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of marriage May 29, 1943
The temperature on May 29, 1943 was between 5.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
April 26 » The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden.
May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
July 25 » World War II: Benito Mussolini is forced out of office by the Grand Council of Fascism and is replaced by Pietro Badoglio.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
Day of death January 12, 1981
The temperature on January 12, 1981 was between -3.5 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
June 13 » At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
September 21 » Belize is granted full independence from the United Kingdom.
December 15 » A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
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