The temperature on April 20, 1923 was between 2.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
Day of death April 8, 2006
The temperature on April 8, 2006 was between 5.1 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 25 » Mexican professional wrestler Juana Barraza is arrested in connection with the serial killing of at least ten elderly women.
May 18 » The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making Nepal a secular country.
June 26 » Mari Alkatiri, the first Prime Minister of East Timor, resigns after weeks of political unrest.
August 9 » At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests are made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe in an overnight operation.
October 28 » A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for those Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police.
December 29 » The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
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