The temperature on June 16, 1917 was between 15.7 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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.
March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death June 2, 1971
The temperature on June 2, 1971 was between 12.8 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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