The temperature on September 21, 1917 was between 9.1 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of marriage October 8, 1936
The temperature on October 8, 1936 was between -1.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death December 6, 1994
The temperature on December 6, 1994 was between 4.7 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 17 » The 6.7 Mw Northridge earthquake shakes the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
May 18 » Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
June 23 » NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
August 24 » Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
November 13 » In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.
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