The temperature on May 10, 1918 was between 7.3 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of the Lys: The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps is crushed by the German forces during what is called the Spring Offensive on the Belgian region of Flanders.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.
November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of marriage November 16, 1944
The temperature on November 16, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
February 15 » World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
May 1 » World War II: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi.
June 13 » World War II: The Battle of Villers-Bocage: German tank ace Michael Wittmann ambushes elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, destroying up to fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns in a Tiger I tank.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
Day of death January 31, 2013
The temperature on January 31, 2013 was between 6.4 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 4 » A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
February 8 » A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
April 15 » A wave of bombings across Iraq kills at least 75 people.
May 25 » Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
June 23 » Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.
September 24 » A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
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