The temperature on May 21, 1913 was between 8.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
Day of death May 25, 1980
The temperature on May 25, 1980 was between 7.4 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
May 9 » In Norco, California, five masked gunmen hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer are killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles are destroyed in the chase.
May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
October 10 » The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria, killing 2,633 and injuring 8,369.
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