The temperature on April 24, 1918 was between 7.5 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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.
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
August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
Day of marriage May 29, 1947
The temperature on May 29, 1947 was between 10.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
Day of death May 24, 1987
The temperature on May 24, 1987 was between 4.9 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
October 11 » Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
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