The temperature on January 4, 1918 was between -2.2 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 21 » World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
November 7 » The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
December 16 » Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas declares the formation of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic; it is dissolved in 1919.
Day of death April 5, 1986
The temperature on April 5, 1986 was between -1.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
February 25 » People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
May 2 » Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
November 25 » Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
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