The temperature on August 25, 1918 was between 5.1 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
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 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
November 21 » The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
Day of death July 3, 1997
The temperature on July 3, 1997 was between 10.1 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 6 » In Greene County, Tennessee, the Lillelid murders occurs when a group of young people abduct and kidnap a religious family before shooting them dead on a rural suburban road.
June 2 » In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later.
June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
July 22 » The second Blue Water Bridge opens between Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.
December 24 » The Sid El-Antri massacre in Algeria kills between 50 and 100 people.
Day of cremation July 8, 1997
The temperature on July 8, 1997 was between 12.2 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). 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 Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
October 25 » After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
December 29 » Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
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