The temperature on July 14, 1921 was between 7.4 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
May 19 » The United States Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration.
August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
Day of death May 31, 1976
The temperature on May 31, 1976 was between 10.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
July 4 » Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
December 25 » EgyptAir Flight 664, a Boeing 707-366C, crashes on approach to Don Mueang International Airport, killing 71 people.
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