The temperature on December 8, 1923 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
May 26 » The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
July 1 » The Parliament of Canada suspends all Chinese immigration.
November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of death July 15, 1997
The temperature on July 15, 1997 was between 11.9 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
April 13 » Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters Tournament.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
September 7 » Maiden flight of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor.
September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
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