The temperature on September 14, 1917 was between 8.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
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.
June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
Day of marriage September 11, 1937
The temperature on September 11, 1937 was between 6.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death May 31, 1997
The temperature on May 31, 1997 was between 7.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 4 » En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.
February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
November 3 » The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa.
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