The temperature on February 20, 1917 was between 0.2 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
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.
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.
Day of death February 24, 1965
The temperature on February 24, 1965 was between -3 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
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