The temperature on April 2, 1920 was between 4.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
September 7 » Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en route to Finland where they would serve with the Finnish Air Force, killing both crews.
Day of marriage March 16, 1943
The temperature on March 16, 1943 was between -2.1 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
May 13 » World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.
May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
October 13 » World War II: Marshal Pietro Badoglio announces that Italy has officially declared war on Germany.
October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
Day of death April 28, 1991
The temperature on April 28, 1991 was between 0.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 9 » Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
November 14 » American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
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