The temperature on January 8, 1916 was between 3.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
Day of death May 17, 1995
The temperature on May 17, 1995 was between 7.7 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
February 26 » The UK's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapses after a rogue securities broker Nick Leeson loses $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts.
March 22 » Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
June 29 » Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
October 27 » Former Prime Minister of Italy Bettino Craxi is convicted in absentia of corruption.
November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.
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