The temperature on August 11, 1917 was between 11.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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).
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.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Day of marriage February 18, 1937
The temperature on February 18, 1937 was between 1.5 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death January 20, 1989
The temperature on January 20, 1989 was between -0.3 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 12 » Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the world wide web.
March 19 » The Egyptian flag is raised at Taba, marking the end of Israeli occupation since the Six Days War in 1967 and the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty in 1979.
May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
June 16 » Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
August 24 » Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
December 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
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