The temperature on March 31, 1947 was between 5.0 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
Day of death May 18, 2016
The temperature on May 18, 2016 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
March 16 » A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.
June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
August 21 » The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place.
September 29 » Eleven days after the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
October 8 » In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
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