The temperature on June 23, 1913 was between 9.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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.
February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
Day of marriage June 9, 1942
The temperature on June 9, 1942 was between 4.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
February 9 » World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
May 6 » World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese.
May 15 » World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
Day of death February 28, 1991
The temperature on February 28, 1991 was between 0.8 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
December 4 » Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
December 26 » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
Day of burial March 4, 1991
The temperature on March 4, 1991 was between -1.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 23 » In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
May 21 » Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras.
July 7 » Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
August 27 » Moldova declares independence from the USSR.
October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
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