The temperature on November 15, 1918 was between -1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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.
May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
Day of death March 17, 1999
The temperature on March 17, 1999 was between 4.6 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
May 7 » Pope John Paul II travels to Romania, becoming the first pope to visit a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.
August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
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