The temperature on October 16, 1918 was between 8.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 35.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 26 » Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
March 19 » The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
September 28 » World War I: The Fifth Battle of Ypres begins.
October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
Day of marriage June 1, 1944
The temperature on June 1, 1944 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
June 13 » World War II: Germany launches the first V1 Flying Bomb attack on England. Only four of the eleven bombs strike their targets.
August 12 » Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
Day of death December 7, 1976
The temperature on December 7, 1976 was between 4.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 7 » Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party (UK) after being arrested for faking his own death.
July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
September 11 » A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
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