The temperature on January 1, 1919 was between -2.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
January 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
Day of marriage May 8, 1947
The temperature on May 8, 1947 was between 10.6 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
Day of death June 19, 1997
The temperature on June 19, 1997 was between 10.3 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
July 20 » The fully restored USSConstitution (a.k.a. Old Ironsides) celebrates its 200th birthday by setting sail for the first time in 116 years.
October 12 » The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
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