The temperature on December 26, 1917 was between -5.3 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (36%). 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.
February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of death June 10, 1962
The temperature on June 10, 1962 was between 7.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
September 6 » The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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