The temperature on December 24, 1917 was between -4.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of marriage February 9, 1938
The temperature on February 9, 1938 was between -0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
September 23 » The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
Day of death March 10, 1984
The temperature on March 10, 1984 was between -0.5 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 16.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
May 8 » Corporal Denis Lortie enters the Quebec National Assembly and opens fire, killing three people and wounding 13. René Jalbert, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly, succeeds in calming him, for which he will later receive the Cross of Valour.
July 1 » The PG-13 rating is introduced by the MPAA.
November 25 » Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
November 27 » Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
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