The average temperature on October 15, 1917 was 5.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
Day of death September 20, 1970
The temperature on September 20, 1970 was between 10.8 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
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