The temperature on May 25, 1918 was between 7.5 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
Day of marriage May 6, 1943
The temperature on May 6, 1943 was between 4.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
March 21 » Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion.
April 13 » The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
May 15 » Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
October 8 » World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
October 22 » World War II: In the Second firestorm raid on Germany, the RAF conducts an air raid on the town of Kassel, killing 10,000 and rendering 150,000 homeless.
Day of death March 26, 2015
The temperature on March 26, 2015 was between 0.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
May 12 » Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500.
June 30 » A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people on board crashes in a residential area in Medan, Indonesia, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
August 12 » At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
August 17 » A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
September 14 » The first observation of gravitational waves was made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
September 24 » At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
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