The temperature on April 4, 1917 was between -0.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
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 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
Day of death April 3, 2000
The temperature on April 3, 2000 was between 6.8 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (46%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
October 5 » Mass demonstrations in Serbia force the resignation of Slobodan Milošević.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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