The temperature on June 27, 1917 was between 7.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
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 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of death December 7, 1957
The temperature on December 7, 1957 was between 0.7 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 10.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
August 21 » The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
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