The temperature on December 28, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
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 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
July 26 » Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
Day of marriage October 6, 1944
The temperature on October 6, 1944 was between 4.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
June 15 » In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.
August 19 » World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
Day of death May 2, 1989
The temperature on May 2, 1989 was between 6.7 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
August 18 » Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia.
August 24 » Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
August 24 » Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
October 15 » Eight of those convicted in the Rivonia Trial are released from prison.
November 7 » East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
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