The temperature on April 19, 1920 was between 8.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
Day of marriage April 27, 1943
The temperature on April 27, 1943 was between 7.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 27 » World War II: The Eighth Air Force sorties ninety-one B-17s and B-24s to attack the U-boat construction yards at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
June 20 » The Detroit race riot breaks out and continues for three more days.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
Day of death August 13, 1984
The temperature on August 13, 1984 was between 11.9 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
March 16 » William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, is kidnapped by Hezbollah. (He later dies in captivity.)
May 6 » One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
June 5 » Operation Blue Star: Under orders from India's prime minister, Indira Gandhi, the Indian Army begins an invasion of the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
September 5 » STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
Day of burial August 17, 1984
The temperature on August 17, 1984 was between 10.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
May 8 » The Thames Barrier is officially opened, preventing the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded except under extreme circumstances.
May 27 » The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
June 18 » A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
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