The temperature on July 16, 1923 was between 14.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 11 » Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
June 27 » Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH.4B biplane.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
August 16 » The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
Day of marriage April 6, 1948
The temperature on April 6, 1948 was between 0.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
April 21 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
July 12 » Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion orders the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla.
July 29 » Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
July 31 » At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
Day of death April 7, 2000
The temperature on April 7, 2000 was between -1.3 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
June 5 » The Six-Day War in Kisangani begins in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between Ugandan and Rwandan forces. A large part of the city is destroyed.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
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