The temperature on May 31, 1923 was between 8.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
April 26 » The Duke of York weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
Day of death April 6, 2005
The temperature on April 6, 2005 was between 4.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 9 » Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
February 14 » YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
April 23 » The first ever YouTube video, titled "Me at the zoo", was published by co-founder Jawed Karim.
July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
July 27 » After an incident during STS-114, NASA grounds the Space Shuttle, pending an investigation of the continuing problem with the shedding of foam insulation from the external fuel tank.
August 14 » Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
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