The temperature on August 17, 1906 was between 10.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of death December 17, 1997
The temperature on December 17, 1997 was between -6.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
June 30 » The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
October 15 » The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
December 11 » The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
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