The temperature on September 1, 1919 was between 4.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
Day of marriage October 22, 1940
The temperature on October 22, 1940 was between 9.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 29 » 12th Academy Awards: For her performance as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
June 4 » World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
September 16 » World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
October 17 » The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
Day of death October 18, 1964
The temperature on October 18, 1964 was between 3.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
June 28 » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
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