The temperature on January 12, 1921 was between 5.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
October 21 » President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
Day of marriage March 24, 1954
The temperature on March 24, 1954 was between 4.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
Day of death June 16, 2009
The temperature on June 16, 2009 was between 8.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 21 » Four police officers are shot and killed and a fifth is wounded in two shootings at Oakland, California.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
May 1 » Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden.
June 12 » A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
September 9 » The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
October 28 » The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213.
Day of burial June 21, 2009
The temperature on June 21, 2009 was between 8.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 29 » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
April 4 » France announces its return to full participation of its military forces within NATO.
April 7 » Mass protests begin across Moldova under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent.
June 21 » Greenland assumes self-rule.
July 5 » A series of violent riots break out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.
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