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.
February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
May 3 » The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
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.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
June 17 » World War II: RMSLancastria is attacked and sunk by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.
June 22 » World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, in the same railroad car in which the Germans signed the Armistice in 1918.
June 23 » Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
September 9 » Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
November 25 » World War II: First flights of both the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
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.
February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
August 19 » Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
November 23 » The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
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