The temperature on May 20, 1917 was between 10.5 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
Day of death March 20, 2001
The temperature on March 20, 2001 was between -3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
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