The temperature on August 1, 1921 was between 12.3 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
Day of death January 16, 1948
The temperature on January 16, 1948 was between 1.0 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
April 3 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5billion in aid for 16 countries.
July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
September 5 » In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
December 28 » The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.
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