The temperature on December 4, 1913 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
Day of death April 20, 1970
The temperature on April 20, 1970 was between -0.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
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