The temperature on June 20, 1916 was between 5.9 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
Day of marriage August 17, 1945
The temperature on August 17, 1945 was between 12.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 14.0 mm of rain during 9.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
April 13 » World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
April 25 » The last German troops retreat from Finland's soil in Lapland, ending the Lapland War. Military acts of Second World War end in Finland.
July 17 » World War II: The main three leaders of the Allied nations, Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin, meet in the German city of Potsdam to decide the future of a defeated Germany.
July 30 » World War II: Japanese submarineI-58 sinks the USSIndianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
August 2 » World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
September 8 » The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
Day of death November 10, 2006
The temperature on November 10, 2006 was between 1.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 17 » A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
April 2 » Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
July 6 » The Nathu La pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years.
July 31 » Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother, Raúl.
August 14 » Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike.
December 11 » Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
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