The temperature on August 10, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.6 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 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.
February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
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.
August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of death November 21, 1937
The temperature on November 21, 1937 was between -1.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
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