The temperature on April 16, 1921 was between -4.1 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
Day of marriage January 23, 1947
The temperature on January 23, 1947 was between -4.8 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
Day of death December 15, 2004
The temperature on December 15, 2004 was between 0.8 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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