The temperature on August 22, 1913 was between 9.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
Day of death May 17, 1980
The temperature on May 17, 1980 was between 6.4 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
February 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
August 1 » A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland.
October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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