The temperature on May 29, 1917 was between 9.5 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death December 24, 2004
The temperature on December 24, 2004 was between 6.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 13 » The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announces the discovery of the universe's largest known diamond, white dwarf star BPM 37093. Astronomers named this star "Lucy" after The Beatles' song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".
March 19 » Catalina affair: A Swedish DC-3 shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 in 1952 over the Baltic Sea is finally recovered after years of work.
May 2 » The Yelwa massacre concludes. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims killed 78 Christians at Yelwa. In response, about 630 Muslims were killed by Christians on May 2nd.
June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
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