The temperature on October 15, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
August 29 » World War I: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
Day of death May 9, 2001
The temperature on May 9, 2001 was between 10.1 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
October 19 » SIEV X, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
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