The temperature on June 24, 1919 was between 8.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
Day of death June 17, 1952
The temperature on June 17, 1952 was between 8.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
September 8 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
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