The temperature on January 20, 1918 was between 9.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
August 17 » Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
Day of death April 17, 2001
The temperature on April 17, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
Day of burial April 21, 2001
The temperature on April 21, 2001 was between 0.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
May 27 » Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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