The temperature on April 9, 1919 was between 2.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 16 » Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
Day of marriage July 23, 1947
The temperature on July 23, 1947 was between 16.7 °C and 30.8 °C and averaged 23.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
Day of death October 22, 1986
The temperature on October 22, 1986 was between 6.6 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 10.5 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
March 7 » Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USSPreserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor.
October 3 » TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories in Canada, is officially opened.
November 21 » National Security Council member Oliver North and his secretary start to shred documents allegedly implicating them in the Iran–Contra affair.
December 19 » Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
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