The temperature on November 3, 1917 was between 6.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of death December 14, 2001
The temperature on December 14, 2001 was between -6.4 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.0 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
March 16 » A series of bomb blasts that took place in the city of Shijiazhuang, China killed 108 people and injured 38 others, was the biggest mass murder in China in decades.
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
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