The temperature on July 17, 1917 was between 9.9 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
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.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death October 19, 1983
The temperature on October 19, 1983 was between 7.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
July 19 » The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
November 27 » Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
Day of burial October 22, 1983
The temperature on October 22, 1983 was between -1.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 19 » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
March 2 » Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
May 17 » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
September 23 » Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
September 26 » Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
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