The temperature on September 4, 1917 was between 5.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °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.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death December 31, 1969
The temperature on December 31, 1969 was between -11.2 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -7.5 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
May 15 » People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
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