The temperature on October 27, 1921 was between 8.1 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
September 5 » Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle party in San Francisco ends with the death of the young actress Virginia Rappe: One of the first scandals of the Hollywood community.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
Day of marriage March 21, 1940
The temperature on March 21, 1940 was between 6.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
May 28 » World War II: Norwegian, French, Polish and British forces recapture Narvik in Norway. This is the first allied infantry victory of the War.
June 26 » World War II: Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Romania requiring it to cede Bessarabia and the northern part of Bukovina.
September 12 » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
October 1 » The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
Day of death July 30, 1980
The temperature on July 30, 1980 was between 12.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 12 » Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
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