The temperature on April 26, 1937 was between 1.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
July 9 » The silent film archives of Fox Film Corporation are destroyed by the 1937 Fox vault fire.
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
Day of death April 18, 2007
The temperature on April 18, 2007 was between 4.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (47%). 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 Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 10 » A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
January 18 » The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.
July 25 » Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
September 11 » Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
September 13 » The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
Day of cremation April 23, 2007
The temperature on April 23, 2007 was between 6.4 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
July 25 » Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's first female president.
September 16 » Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
October 22 » A raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base is carried out by 21 Tamil Tiger commandos. All except one die in this attack. Eight Sri Lanka Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
October 28 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
November 9 » The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
December 13 » The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of the European Union.
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