The temperature on March 16, 1920 was between 0.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
Day of death December 17, 2008
The temperature on December 17, 2008 was between -0.8 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 15 » Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.
March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
June 9 » Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.
August 18 » War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
September 13 » Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
September 24 » Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
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