The temperature on June 30, 1917 was between 13.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of marriage March 15, 1947
The temperature on March 15, 1947 was between -3.9 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
Day of death September 30, 2012
The temperature on September 30, 2012 was between 7.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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.
March 4 » A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
June 26 » The Waldo Canyon fire descends into the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs burning 347 homes in a matter of hours and killing two people.
September 27 » In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots seven citizens, killing five and then himself.
October 9 » Pakistani Taliban attempt to assassinate outspoken schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai.
December 19 » Park Geun-hye is elected the first female president of South Korea.
December 29 » A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
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