The temperature on February 12, 1917 was between -0.5 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
November 26 » The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
Day of death February 20, 2008
The temperature on February 20, 2008 was between -1.5 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 14 » Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.
May 12 » U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
August 1 » Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering.
November 4 » Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African-American descent to be elected President of the United States.
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