The temperature on July 18, 1918 was between 13.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 24 » World War I: First tank-to-tank combat, during the second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. Three British Mark IVs meet three German A7Vs.
May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
June 1 » World War I: Western Front: Battle of Belleau Wood: Allied Forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord engage Imperial German Forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince.
November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
Day of death December 19, 2001
The temperature on December 19, 2001 was between 1.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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