The temperature on April 13, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
Day of death December 13, 1999
The temperature on December 13, 1999 was between 4.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 11.9 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
May 28 » In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece The Last Supper is put back on display.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
August 26 » Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Day of cremation December 16, 1999
The temperature on December 16, 1999 was between -4.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
March 21 » Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon.
April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
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