The temperature on October 15, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
December 1 » Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
Day of death July 11, 2001
The temperature on July 11, 2001 was between 12.7 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 7.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Day of cremation July 16, 2001
The temperature on July 16, 2001 was between 7.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
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