The temperature on March 24, 1917 was between -5.7 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
Day of death April 16, 1960
The temperature on April 16, 1960 was between 0.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
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