The temperature on November 8, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
Day of death March 17, 1994
The temperature on March 17, 1994 was between 2.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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 » Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
August 14 » Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
September 3 » Sino-Soviet split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.
October 1 » Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
October 15 » The Clinton administration returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
October 26 » Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
Day of burial March 24, 1994
The temperature on March 24, 1994 was between 7.9 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that they were both taking part in.
February 22 » Aldrich Ames and his wife are charged by the United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
March 23 » At an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio is assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez.
July 8 » Kim Jong-il begins to assume supreme leadership of North Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
August 21 » Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
August 24 » Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
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