The temperature on April 10, 1918 was between 6.5 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). 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.
July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
August 16 » The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
October 11 » The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
Day of marriage April 10, 1947
The temperature on April 10, 1947 was between -1.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
Day of death November 24, 2009
The temperature on November 24, 2009 was between 9.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). 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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
February 10 » The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
June 9 » An explosion kills 17 people and injures at least 46 at a hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan.
August 27 » Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the Kokang Special Region.
November 5 » U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
December 30 » A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
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