The temperature on April 14, 1931 was between 3.5 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
Day of marriage April 24, 1954
The temperature on April 24, 1954 was between 0.2 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
Day of death February 21, 2013
The temperature on February 21, 2013 was between -2.9 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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