The temperature on November 7, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
Day of marriage March 18, 1943
The temperature on March 18, 1943 was between 0.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
June 25 » The left-wing German Jewish exile Arthur Goldstein is murdered in Auschwitz.
September 6 » The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
October 31 » World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
December 4 » World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
December 24 » World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
Day of death November 23, 1981
The temperature on November 23, 1981 was between 5.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 19 » Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
February 8 » Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
March 5 » The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1⁄2 million units around the world.
May 25 » In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
September 1 » A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
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