The temperature on January 31, 1917 was between -13.2 °C and -2 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 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 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of death September 28, 1999
The temperature on September 28, 1999 was between 13.1 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
April 23 » NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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.
October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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