The temperature on August 14, 1917 was between 11.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death March 6, 1976
The temperature on March 6, 1976 was between -3.8 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 30 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
April 11 » The Apple I is created.
July 1 » Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
September 19 » Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
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