The temperature on October 24, 1917 was between 2.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (40%). 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.
April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
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 June 13, 1999
The temperature on June 13, 1999 was between 8.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
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