The temperature on December 24, 1917 was between -4.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
April 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
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 March 31, 1987
The temperature on March 31, 1987 was between -0.8 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
July 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
July 31 » A tornado occurs in Edmonton, Canada.
November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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