The temperature on October 23, 1924 was between 1.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
February 14 » The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changes its name to International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Day of marriage June 15, 1954
The temperature on June 15, 1954 was between 2.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
Day of death May 30, 1995
The temperature on May 30, 1995 was between 9.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 16 » Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.
May 13 » Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
July 9 » The Navaly church bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force killing 125 Tamil civilian refugees.
August 30 » Bosnian War: NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
September 6 » Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
November 30 » Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
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