The temperature on June 7, 1919 was between 10.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
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 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
Day of marriage February 24, 1945
The average temperature on February 24, 1945 was 3.7 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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).
January 28 » World War II: Supplies begin to reach the Republic of China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
March 22 » The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
May 1 » World War II: Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda commit suicide in the Reich Garden outside the Führerbunker. Their children are also killed by having cyanide pills inserted into their mouths by their mother, Magda.
October 10 » The Double Tenth Agreement is signed by the Communist Party and the Kuomintang about the future of China.
October 30 » Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the baseball color line.
Day of death February 9, 1966
The temperature on February 9, 1966 was between -4.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.
June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
July 18 » A racially charged incident in a bar sparks the six-day Hough riots in Cleveland, Ohio; 1,700 Ohio National Guard troops intervene to restore order.
October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
December 8 » The Greek ship SSHeraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
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