The temperature on May 18, 1918 was between 11.7 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
Day of death August 17, 1979
The temperature on August 17, 1979 was between 12.2 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
November 12 » Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
December 4 » The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
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