The temperature on December 26, 1913 was between 5.3 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
Day of marriage December 28, 1948
The temperature on December 28, 1948 was between -9.9 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
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).
January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
May 9 » Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect.
June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
June 22 » King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", half a year after Britain actually gave up its rule of India.
September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
Day of death August 24, 2003
The temperature on August 24, 2003 was between 8.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 1 » Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.
March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
March 12 » Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
March 13 » An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints.
May 1 » Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSAbraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended".
October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
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