The temperature on April 23, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of death July 16, 1972
The temperature on July 16, 1972 was between 15.2 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
March 22 » In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
April 6 » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
May 5 » Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
May 13 » The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured.
June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
Day of burial July 20, 1972
The temperature on July 20, 1972 was between 18.8 °C and 31.4 °C and averaged 25.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
June 20 » Watergate scandal: An 18½-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
June 30 » The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
July 1 » The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
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