The temperature on November 6, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
Day of marriage June 19, 1937
The temperature on June 19, 1937 was between 5.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death January 22, 2008
The temperature on January 22, 2008 was between 0.4 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
July 31 » East Coast Jets Flight 81 crashes near Owatonna Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota, killing all eight people on board.
September 10 » The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
December 11 » Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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