The temperature on March 14, 1923 was between 2.8 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
April 18 » Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
Day of marriage May 22, 1947
The temperature on May 22, 1947 was between 8.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
Day of death October 25, 2005
The temperature on October 25, 2005 was between 13.4 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 26 » Around 200,000 to 300,000 Taiwanese demonstrate in Taipei in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of China.
April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
July 22 » Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
November 22 » Angela Merkel becomes the first female Chancellor of Germany.
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