The temperature on December 24, 1933 was between -0.7 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 22 » Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines.
April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Day of death February 18, 2018
The temperature on February 18, 2018 was between -4.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
April 23 » A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
August 3 » Two burka-clad men kill 29 people and injure more than 80 in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in eastern Afghanistan.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
Day of cremation February 23, 2018
The temperature on February 23, 2018 was between -3.8 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » A 7.9 Mw earthquake occurs in the Gulf of Alaska. It is tied as the sixth-largest earthquake ever recorded in the United States, but there are no reports of significant damage or fatalities.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
July 25 » As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
October 12 » Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
October 17 » The recreational use of cannabis is legalized in Canada.
December 18 » List of bolides: A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
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