The temperature on March 23, 1913 was between 5.8 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
Day of death November 23, 2001
The temperature on November 23, 2001 was between 1.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
January 26 » The 7.7 Mw Gujarat earthquake shakes Western India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 13,805–20,023 dead and about 166,800 injured.
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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