The temperature on April 9, 1918 was between 6.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
May 28 » The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence.
August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
Day of marriage May 29, 1941
The temperature on May 29, 1941 was between 9.8 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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 23 » Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
April 6 » World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece).
April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
October 20 » World War II: Thousands of civilians in German-occupied Serbia are murdered in the Kragujevac massacre.
November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
December 19 » World War II: Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Oberkommando des Heeres.
Day of death October 18, 2001
The temperature on October 18, 2001 was between 12.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
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