The temperature on January 17, 1914 was between -4.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
Day of death January 21, 1992
The temperature on January 21, 1992 was between -5.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
April 27 » The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
May 13 » Li Hongzhi gives the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China.
June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
October 4 » The Rome General Peace Accords end a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
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