The temperature on September 4, 1916 was between 10.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 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 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.
Day of death April 17, 1960
The temperature on April 17, 1960 was between 3.0 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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