The temperature on April 7, 1917 was between -0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
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.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of marriage February 14, 1946
The temperature on February 14, 1946 was between -1.0 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
October 1 » The Daegu October Incident occurs in Allied-occupied Korea.
November 23 » French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Day of death August 11, 2001
The temperature on August 11, 2001 was between 8.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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