The temperature on May 30, 1917 was between 9.6 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
March 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.
Day of death March 23, 1997
The temperature on March 23, 1997 was between 5.1 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
June 25 » An unmanned Progress spacecraft collides with the Russian space station Mir.
August 3 » Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
August 3 » The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
December 27 » Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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