The temperature on December 11, 1918 was between 0.7 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
August 31 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Day of death February 10, 1974
The temperature on February 10, 1974 was between 6.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
August 30 » A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
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