The temperature on September 16, 1918 was between 10.6 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
November 14 » Czechoslovakia becomes a republic.
Day of marriage November 2, 1940
The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 27 » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
July 20 » California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway.
September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
Day of death April 20, 1956
The temperature on April 20, 1956 was between -0.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Ceylon.
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
April 26 » SSIdeal X, the world's first successful container ship, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey, for Houston, Texas.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
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