The temperature on July 16, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.
Day of death February 7, 1976
The temperature on February 7, 1976 was between -4.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 4 » The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
May 8 » The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
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