The temperature on December 22, 1917 was between -7.3 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
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.
June 7 » World War I: Battle of Messines: Allied soldiers detonate a series of mines underneath German trenches at Messines Ridge, killing 10,000 German troops.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
October 25 » Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.
Day of death May 24, 2004
The temperature on May 24, 2004 was between 2.5 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
February 28 » Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
November 21 » The second round of the Ukrainian presidential election is held, giving rise to massive protests and controversy over the election's integrity.
December 20 » A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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