The temperature on December 17, 1920 was between -6.5 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
Day of marriage May 8, 1947
The temperature on May 8, 1947 was between 10.6 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
Day of death July 14, 2008
The temperature on July 14, 2008 was between 7.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 3 » Texas law enforcement cordons off the FLDS's YFZ Ranch. Eventually 533 women and children will be taken into state custody.
May 31 » Usain Bolt breaks the world record in the 100m sprint, with a wind-legal (+1.7m/s) 9.72 seconds
June 8 » At least 37 miners go missing after an explosion in a Ukrainian coal mine causes it to collapse.
August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
September 20 » A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
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