The temperature on June 1, 1918 was between 7.0 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
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 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of death August 12, 1998
The temperature on August 12, 1998 was between 14.1 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 23 » Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
February 14 » An oil tanker train collides with a freight train in Yaoundé, Cameroon, spilling fuel oil. One person scavenging the oil created a massive explosion which killed 120.
March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
August 20 » The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.
August 20 » U.S. embassy bombings: The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
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