The temperature on April 8, 1923 was between 0.4 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
Day of death August 18, 2002
The temperature on August 18, 2002 was between 15.6 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 2 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
April 2 » Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
June 10 » The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
November 6 » Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
November 21 » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
December 23 » A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
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