The temperature on April 2, 1918 was between 1.2 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
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 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments
November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
November 3 » Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
Day of marriage August 30, 1947
The temperature on August 30, 1947 was between 11.3 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Day of death August 25, 1973
The temperature on August 25, 1973 was between 9.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 25 » Ireland gets a new newspaper called Sunday World.
April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
June 27 » The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.
July 17 » King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
August 8 » Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
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