The temperature on March 15, 1917 was between -2.4 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
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 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death September 26, 2000
The temperature on September 26, 2000 was between 13.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
June 13 » President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
September 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
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