The temperature on October 18, 1917 was between 1.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Day of marriage February 27, 1947
The temperature on February 27, 1947 was between -6.0 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
Day of death August 30, 1987
The temperature on August 30, 1987 was between 8.4 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
October 21 » The Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka, killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
November 7 » In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
December 9 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
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