The temperature on February 25, 1917 was between 1.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). 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.
January 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
Day of death December 16, 1988
The temperature on December 16, 1988 was between 4.9 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 9.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
June 1 » European Central Bank is founded in Brussels.
September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
December 2 » Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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