The temperature on December 8, 1918 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
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.
March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
March 31 » Massacre of ethnic Azerbaijanis is committed by allied armed groups of Armenian Revolutionary Federation and Bolsheviks. Nearly 12,000 Azerbaijani Muslims are killed.
May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
Day of death May 26, 1940
The temperature on May 26, 1940 was between 13.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 7 » The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
May 6 » John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
November 12 » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
November 18 » World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
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