The temperature on January 6, 1924 was between -7.0 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
Day of marriage March 5, 1946
The temperature on March 5, 1946 was between -0.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
Day of death September 17, 2004
The temperature on September 17, 2004 was between 9.0 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
March 19 » Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
September 29 » Burt Rutan's Ansari SpaceShipOne performs a successful spaceflight, the first of two required to win the Ansari X Prize.
November 11 » New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington.
December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
December 27 » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
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