The temperature on March 10, 1919 was between 6.5 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of marriage November 4, 1942
The temperature on November 4, 1942 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 31 » World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.
February 23 » World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends. An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSHermes and the Australian destroyer HMASVampire.
May 3 » World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.
September 3 » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
October 30 » World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.
Day of death February 7, 1985
The temperature on February 7, 1985 was between -4 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
July 13 » The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.
September 19 » A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
October 6 » Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.
December 12 » Arrow Air Flight 1285, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
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