The temperature on August 8, 1917 was between 12.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
July 17 » King George V issues a Proclamation stating that the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death February 2, 1999
The temperature on February 2, 1999 was between 4.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
April 23 » NATO bombs the headquarters of Radio Television of Serbia, as part of their aerial campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
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