The temperature on February 13, 1917 was between -2.9 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (73%). 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.
January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
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).
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Day of marriage September 27, 1943
The temperature on September 27, 1943 was between 2.5 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 31 » World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.
February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
August 27 » World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
September 23 » World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
October 14 » World War II: Prisoners at the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland revolt against the Germans.
Day of death April 17, 1998
The temperature on April 17, 1998 was between 3.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
June 11 » Compaq Computer pays US$9billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
August 10 » HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
October 29 » The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200.
November 9 » Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
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