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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
Day of death April 14, 1917
The temperature on April 14, 1917 was between 1.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (26%). 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 Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
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