February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
June 20 » Baron Eduard Toll, leader of the Russian Polar Expedition of 1900, departs Saint Petersburg in Russia on the explorer ship Zarya, never to return.
Day of marriage May 5, 1917
The temperature on May 5, 1917 was between 6.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death February 17, 1999
The temperature on February 17, 1999 was between -1.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval, marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
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