The temperature on October 29, 1916 was between 4.2 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
Day of death September 4, 1917
The temperature on September 4, 1917 was between 6.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
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