The temperature on May 11, 1917 was between 6.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
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.
December 6 » Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
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