The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.
Day of death October 18, 1993
The temperature on October 18, 1993 was between -0.6 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (94%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 6 » Indian Border Security Force units kill 55 Kashmiri civilians in Sopore, Jammu and Kashmir, in revenge after militants ambushed a BSF patrol.
March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
April 8 » The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.
June 1 » Dobrinja mortar attack: Thirteen are killed and 133 wounded when Serb mortar shells are fired at a soccer game in Dobrinja, west of Sarajevo.
June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
October 30 » The Troubles: Loyalists carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland, killing six Catholics and two Protestants.
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