The temperature on September 24, 1917 was between 10.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
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.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
Day of death January 21, 1923
The temperature on January 21, 1923 was between -0.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
November 8 » Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
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