The temperature on April 1, 1920 was between 3.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
Day of marriage November 17, 1954
The temperature on November 17, 1954 was between 2.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
Day of death May 22, 1992
The temperature on May 22, 1992 was between 9.8 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 20 » Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320-111, crashes into a mountain near Strasbourg, France killing 87 of the 96 people on board.
April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
July 10 » In Miami, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.
July 31 » Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
September 12 » NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
September 28 » A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
Day of burial May 26, 1992
The temperature on May 26, 1992 was between 13.5 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (89%). 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
May 7 » Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
September 16 » Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
September 25 » NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
December 4 » Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
December 29 » Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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