The temperature on October 24, 1919 was between -2.3 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.
October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Day of marriage May 28, 1943
The temperature on May 28, 1943 was between 7.7 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 3 » The SSDorchester is sunk by a German U-boat. Only 230 of 902 men aboard survive.
March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
March 14 » The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
July 4 » World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
Day of death January 2, 2005
The temperature on January 2, 2005 was between 5.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 6 » A train collision in Graniteville, South Carolina, United States, releases about 60 tons of chlorine gas.
February 20 » Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
May 31 » Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
October 19 » Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
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