The temperature on March 20, 1916 was between 7.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
Day of death January 11, 1991
The temperature on January 11, 1991 was between 4.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded 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.
May 15 » Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.
August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
August 24 » Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
August 27 » The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
December 8 » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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