The temperature on November 8, 1917 was between 1.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 13 » World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
Day of death August 3, 2012
The temperature on August 3, 2012 was between 12.2 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 2 » A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
May 2 » A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
June 11 » More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
September 11 » A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
November 21 » At least 28 are wounded after a bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
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