The temperature on December 5, 1922 was between 6.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
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 11 » First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
March 18 » In India, Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience, of which he serves only two.
April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
November 1 » Abolition of the Ottoman sultanate: The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, abdicates.
November 21 » Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia takes the oath of office, becoming the first female United States Senator.
November 26 » Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
Day of marriage May 13, 1947
The temperature on May 13, 1947 was between 13.2 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Day of death March 2, 1970
The temperature on March 2, 1970 was between 0.4 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
October 10 » Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
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