The temperature on April 18, 1915 was between -0.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
April 22 » The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of marriage August 22, 1940
The temperature on August 22, 1940 was between 8.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 30 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
May 15 » Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant.
May 26 » World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison.
July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
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".
Day of death November 17, 2008
The temperature on November 17, 2008 was between 1.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
May 25 » NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life.
May 28 » The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.
June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
September 27 » CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
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