The temperature on October 18, 1917 was between 1.8 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
Day of death November 23, 2004
The temperature on November 23, 2004 was between -1.3 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.
April 8 » War in Darfur: The Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement is signed by the Sudanese government and two rebel groups.
May 15 » Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English Premier League, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title "The Invincibles".
August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
October 29 » The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
December 27 » Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
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