The temperature on October 29, 1923 was between 6.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
Day of death October 17, 1985
The temperature on October 17, 1985 was between 10.8 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.
November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.
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