The temperature on September 12, 1913 was between 6.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (79%). 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.
March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
Day of marriage May 22, 1934
The temperature on May 22, 1934 was between 11.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of death November 13, 1989
The temperature on November 13, 1989 was between -0.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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.
May 2 » Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
December 3 » Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
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