The temperature on May 7, 1917 was between -0.7 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (88%). 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.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Day of death July 16, 1955
The temperature on July 16, 1955 was between 17.0 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
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