The temperature on March 28, 1917 was between -3.8 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
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.
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
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).
June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
Day of death December 25, 1917
The temperature on December 25, 1917 was between -1.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
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).
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
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.
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