The temperature on August 17, 1940 was between 8.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
March 5 » Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
June 10 » World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
November 7 » In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
December 14 » Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
Day of marriage November 17, 1960
The temperature on November 17, 1960 was between 1.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
Day of death November 23, 1998
The temperature on November 23, 1998 was between -8.5 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 17 » Lewinsky scandal: Matt Drudge breaks the story of the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinsky affair on his Drudge Report website.
March 24 » First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
April 6 » Nuclear weapons testing: Pakistan tests medium-range missiles capable of reaching India.
July 17 » The 7.0 Mw Papua New Guinea earthquake triggers a tsunami that destroys ten villages in Papua New Guinea, killing up to 2,700 people, and leaving several thousand injured.
August 28 » Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
September 14 » Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
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