The temperature on March 18, 1918 was between -0.3 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of death February 11, 1959
The temperature on February 11, 1959 was between -4.4 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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