The temperature on December 19, 1917 was between -9.7 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of death July 8, 2000
The temperature on July 8, 2000 was between 6.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 24 » Israeli troops withdraw from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation.
August 8 » Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
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