The temperature on March 10, 1920 was between 1.2 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
November 16 » Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
Day of marriage September 12, 1944
The temperature on September 12, 1944 was between 6.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
June 25 » World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg.
July 17 » World War II: At Sainte-Foy-de-Montgommery in Normandy Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is seriously injured by allied aircraft while returning to his headquarters.
August 6 » The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
November 1 » World War II: Units of the British Army land at Walcheren.
November 26 » World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
November 27 » World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
Day of death July 10, 2004
The temperature on July 10, 2004 was between 10.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
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.
April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
November 23 » The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.
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