The temperature on February 12, 1918 was between 6.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
Day of death November 16, 2005
The temperature on November 16, 2005 was between 3.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
February 16 » The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs.
April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
July 21 » July 2005 London bombings occur.
August 16 » West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
December 7 » Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
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