The temperature on April 3, 1916 was between 1.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
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.
Day of marriage December 18, 1935
The temperature on December 18, 1935 was between -1.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
Day of death October 29, 2005
The temperature on October 29, 2005 was between 13.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
February 28 » A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
April 19 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.
April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
July 10 » Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle, causing billions of dollars in damage.
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