The temperature on April 2, 1917 was between -3.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
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".
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
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.
Day of death February 13, 1949
The temperature on February 13, 1949 was between 0.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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