The temperature on October 25, 1917 was between 4.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of marriage July 4, 1946
The temperature on July 4, 1946 was between 16.1 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 22.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
October 22 » Operation Osoaviakhim takes place, recruiting of thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post–World War II Germany for employment in the Soviet Union.
Day of death May 14, 1983
The temperature on May 14, 1983 was between 7.7 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 14 » United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
March 23 » Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
April 25 » Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
May 26 » The 7.8 Mw Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
July 16 » Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
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