The temperature on July 4, 1917 was between 10.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (82%). 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
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).
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of marriage October 4, 1952
The temperature on October 4, 1952 was between 3.2 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
June 17 » Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
August 12 » The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
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