The temperature on January 18, 1914 was between -5.9 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
Day of marriage June 18, 1941
The temperature on June 18, 1941 was between 11.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
April 1 » Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
May 8 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby.
August 31 » World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
October 17 » World War II: The USS Kearny becomes the first US Navy vessel to be torpedoed by a U-boat.
Day of death January 22, 1988
The temperature on January 22, 1988 was between 0.2 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
May 16 » A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
July 3 » The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.
October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
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