The temperature on January 13, 1918 was between -0.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
Day of marriage May 15, 1937
The temperature on May 15, 1937 was between 10.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
August 2 » The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death June 5, 2000
The temperature on June 5, 2000 was between 7.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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