The temperature on October 1, 1918 was between 4.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
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 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
Day of marriage April 20, 1940
The temperature on April 20, 1940 was between 6.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 28 » Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
June 16 » A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
June 18 » The "Finest Hour" speech is delivered by Winston Churchill.
August 20 » World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few".
September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
Day of death December 29, 1990
The temperature on December 29, 1990 was between 6.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 9.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
June 2 » The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
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