The temperature on December 4, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
Day of marriage December 23, 1933
The temperature on December 23, 1933 was between 1.7 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 6 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
March 28 » The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.
Day of death April 21, 2012
The temperature on April 21, 2012 was between 5.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
February 26 » A train derails in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45.
June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
July 7 » At least 172 people are killed in a flash flood in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia.
July 30 » A train fire kills 32 passengers and injures 27 on the Tamil Nadu Express in Andhra Pradesh, India.
November 6 » Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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