The temperature on May 31, 1914 was between 4.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of death November 23, 1974
The temperature on November 23, 1974 was between 7.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
Day of burial November 26, 1974
The temperature on November 26, 1974 was between 4.9 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
November 21 » The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.
November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
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