March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death August 27, 1917
The temperature on August 27, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
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