The temperature on July 6, 1917 was between 8.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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).
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
Day of marriage October 17, 1935
The temperature on October 17, 1935 was between 10.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
October 10 » In Greece, a coup d'état ends the Second Hellenic Republic.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Day of death October 27, 2003
The temperature on October 27, 2003 was between -4.8 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 21 » A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.
March 1 » The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
August 27 » Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005km) distant.
August 29 » Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
October 18 » Bolivian gas conflict: Bolivian President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is forced to resign and leave Bolivia.
November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
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