The temperature on February 2, 1918 was between -3.6 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
Day of marriage February 23, 1942
The temperature on February 23, 1942 was between -14.3 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -5.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 11 » World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
January 13 » Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
February 8 » World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.
May 8 » World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula.
October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
November 3 » World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
Day of death September 12, 1971
The temperature on September 12, 1971 was between 5.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
February 2 » The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
February 27 » Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
June 11 » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
November 28 » Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
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