The temperature on August 5, 1918 was between 12.3 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
Day of marriage January 25, 1947
The temperature on January 25, 1947 was between -10.4 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Day of death May 17, 1964
The temperature on May 17, 1964 was between 4.1 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
April 7 » IBM announces the System/360.
September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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