The temperature on October 20, 1919 was between -0.9 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Day of marriage March 16, 1946
The temperature on March 16, 1946 was between -3.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 6 » The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
Day of death April 17, 1974
The temperature on April 17, 1974 was between 2.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
June 1 » The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
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