The temperature on July 18, 1916 was between 9.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
Day of death December 22, 1999
The temperature on December 22, 1999 was between -2.2 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a civil lawsuit; he is later fined and disbarred.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
August 31 » A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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