The temperature on April 6, 1918 was between 4.4 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.
Day of marriage June 21, 1941
The temperature on June 21, 1941 was between 12.0 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 9 » World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
January 28 » Franco-Thai War: Final air battle of the conflict. A Japanese-mediated armistice goes into effect later in the day.
March 15 » Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.
April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
September 20 » The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.
December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
Day of death February 2, 2000
The temperature on February 2, 2000 was between 6.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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