The temperature on February 11, 1918 was between 7.8 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 17 » Finnish Civil War: The first serious battles take place between the Red Guards and the White Guard.
February 5 » SSTuscania is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland; it is the first ship carrying American troops to Europe to be torpedoed and sunk.
February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
November 13 » World War I: Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage April 6, 1943
The temperature on April 6, 1943 was between 0.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
October 16 » Holocaust in Italy: Raid of the Ghetto of Rome.
November 25 » World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
December 13 » World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
Day of death January 1, 2018
The temperature on January 1, 2018 was between 5.2 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state.
January 31 » Both a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse occur.
March 4 » Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
May 25 » The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union.
December 18 » List of bolides: A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945.
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