The temperature on May 28, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
Day of marriage September 10, 1941
The temperature on September 10, 1941 was between 12.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
May 10 » World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
June 2 » World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos.
June 26 » World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
December 14 » World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
Day of death June 30, 1991
The temperature on June 30, 1991 was between 11.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
September 22 » The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
October 29 » The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
November 28 » South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
December 4 » Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
December 5 » Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
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