The temperature on May 7, 1921 was between 10.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
February 21 » Rezā Shāh takes control of Tehran during a successful coup.
April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Day of marriage October 28, 1949
The temperature on October 28, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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).
January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
February 17 » Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
Day of death November 25, 2002
The temperature on November 25, 2002 was between 3.6 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
May 1 » OpenOffice.org released version 1.0, the first stable version of the software.
September 23 » The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
October 2 » The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
October 12 » Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
October 29 » Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
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