The temperature on February 10, 1917 was between -6.6 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
Day of death August 2, 1969
The temperature on August 2, 1969 was between 15.8 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
April 28 » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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