The temperature on December 2, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
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.
March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
Day of marriage February 20, 1943
The temperature on February 20, 1943 was between -0.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
February 18 » World War II: The Nazis arrest the members of the White Rose movement.
March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
April 5 » World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally cause more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometer from the residential area hit.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
May 30 » The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Zigeunerfamilienlager (Romani family camp) at Auschwitz concentration camp.
October 6 » World War II: Thirteen civilians are burnt alive by a paramilitary group in Crete.
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