The temperature on May 23, 1916 was between 6.5 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
Day of marriage April 7, 1945
The temperature on April 7, 1945 was between 3.6 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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).
January 26 » World War II: Audie Murphy displays valor and bravery in action for which he will later be awarded the Medal of Honor.
March 26 » World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ends as the island is officially secured by American forces.
April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
August 30 » The August Revolution ends as Emperor Bảo Đại abdicates, ending the Nguyễn dynasty.
October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.
Day of death June 28, 1961
The temperature on June 28, 1961 was between 8.8 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat.
February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
October 30 » Due to "violations of Vladimir Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin Wall with a plain granite marker.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
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