The temperature on January 10, 1924 was between 0.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of marriage April 24, 1947
The temperature on April 24, 1947 was between 7.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
Day of death February 12, 2017
The temperature on February 12, 2017 was between -0.6 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 6 » Five people are killed and six others injured in a mass shooting at Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport in Broward County, Florida.
January 21 » Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.
April 9 » The Palm Sunday church bombings at Coptic churches in Tanta and Alexandria, Egypt, take place.
June 12 » American student Otto Warmbier returns home in a coma after spending 17 months in a North Korean prison and dies a week later.
August 18 » The first terrorist attack ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
Day of burial February 16, 2017
The temperature on February 16, 2017 was between 5.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 20 » Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America, becoming the oldest person to assume the office.
February 11 » North Korea test fires a ballistic missile across the Sea of Japan.
April 3 » A bomb explodes in the St Petersburg metro system, killing 14 and injuring several more people.
April 6 » U.S. military launches 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Syria. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.
October 1 » An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
December 4 » The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.
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