The temperature on April 3, 1917 was between -0.4 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Day of marriage May 16, 1941
The temperature on May 16, 1941 was between -0.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 6 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address.
May 6 » At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
July 31 » World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
October 9 » A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
November 12 » World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12°C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
November 24 » World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.
Day of death November 12, 2000
The temperature on November 12, 2000 was between 7.9 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 17 » Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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