The temperature on May 2, 1917 was between 0.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (77%). 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.
February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
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).
July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
Day of marriage September 26, 1946
The temperature on September 26, 1946 was between 14.7 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
February 15 » ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
July 22 » King David Hotel bombing: A Zionist underground organisation, the Irgun, bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, site of the civil administration and military headquarters for Mandatory Palestine, resulting in 91 deaths.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
Day of death March 6, 1999
The temperature on March 6, 1999 was between 3.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
March 11 » Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
May 1 » The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
December 21 » Cubana de Aviación Flight 1216 overshoots the runway at La Aurora International Airport, killing 18.
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