The temperature on March 21, 1918 was between 1.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
Day of death November 17, 1983
The temperature on November 17, 1983 was between -1.6 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
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