The temperature on October 31, 1919 was between 2.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
Day of death December 7, 1970
The temperature on December 7, 1970 was between 1.9 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
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