January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of death October 21, 1917
The temperature on October 21, 1917 was between -0.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
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