The temperature on March 28, 1918 was between 1.8 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
October 1 » World War I: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force captures Damascus.
November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
Day of marriage August 29, 1950
The temperature on August 29, 1950 was between 11.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 17 » Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
August 12 » Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: 75 American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
September 11 » Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38 parallel.
Day of death August 7, 2007
The temperature on August 7, 2007 was between 15.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 9 » Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
June 8 » Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MVPasha Bulker.
June 27 » Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him.
November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
November 23 » MSExplorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.
December 5 » Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills eight people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.
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