The temperature on April 4, 1913 was between 4.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
Day of marriage May 21, 1937
The temperature on May 21, 1937 was between 8.8 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death March 30, 1997
The temperature on March 30, 1997 was between 3.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
May 8 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3456 crashes on approach into Bao'an International Airport, killing 35 people.
May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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