The temperature on February 8, 1917 was between -11.5 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
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.
December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death February 25, 1997
The temperature on February 25, 1997 was between 8.7 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
August 29 » Netflix is launched as an internet DVD rental service.
December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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