The temperature on April 9, 1916 was between -2.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
Day of marriage March 25, 1939
The temperature on March 25, 1939 was between -0.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 28 » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
June 24 » Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister.
September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
October 1 » World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.
Day of death November 20, 2000
The temperature on November 20, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
Day of cremation November 24, 2000
The temperature on November 24, 2000 was between 4.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
June 7 » The United Nations defines the Blue Line as the border between Israel and Lebanon.
October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
December 30 » Rizal Day bombings: A series of bombs explode in various places in Metro Manila, Philippines within a period of a few hours, killing 22 and injuring about a hundred.
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