The temperature on August 28, 1917 was between 12.5 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of death September 20, 1995
The temperature on September 20, 1995 was between 9.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 30 » Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
March 22 » Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
July 25 » A gas bottle explodes in Saint Michel station of line B of the RER (Paris regional train network). Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
October 25 » A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
November 22 » The 7.3 Mw Gulf of Aqaba earthquake shakes the Sinai Peninsula and Saudi Arabia region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 30, and generating a non-destructive tsunami.
November 22 » Toy Story is released as the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery.
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