The temperature on May 26, 1920 was between 12.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
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.
June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
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 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
Day of marriage January 24, 1946
The temperature on January 24, 1946 was between -2.1 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
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.
January 3 » Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
June 5 » A fire in the La Salle Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, kills 61 people.
June 23 » The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
July 25 » The Crossroads Baker device is the first underwater nuclear weapon test.
December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
December 9 » The "Subsequent Nuremberg trials" begin with the "Doctors' trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.
Day of death May 8, 2009
The temperature on May 8, 2009 was between 7.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
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 12 » Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York while on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport, killing all on board and one on the ground.
June 22 » A Washington D.C Metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station. Nine people are killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others are injured.
October 3 » Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join together in the Turkic Council.
October 9 » First lunar impact of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
December 8 » Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
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