The temperature on October 10, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
Day of marriage November 20, 1941
The temperature on November 20, 1941 was between 0.3 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
April 16 » World War II: The Nazi-affiliated Ustaše is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis powers after Operation 25 is effected.
July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
December 7 » World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
Day of death November 18, 1990
The temperature on November 18, 1990 was between 7.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 11 » Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
April 7 » Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
April 9 » Thirteen thousand members of the Dene and Métis tribes sign a land claim agreement for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000sqmi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.
April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
September 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
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