The temperature on August 15, 1917 was between 13.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
Day of marriage December 28, 1943
The temperature on December 28, 1943 was between -0.1 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 23 » Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded in Greece.
March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
October 5 » Ninety-eight American POWs are executed by Japanese forces on Wake Island.
December 28 » World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.
Day of death June 20, 1999
The temperature on June 20, 1999 was between 10.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
May 25 » The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
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