The temperature on March 4, 1917 was between -3.8 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
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.
October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of marriage July 31, 1942
The temperature on July 31, 1942 was between 6.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 15 » The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
May 8 » World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
July 23 » World War II: The German offensives Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig begin.
August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
October 1 » World War II: USSGrouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong.
Day of death August 7, 2008
The temperature on August 7, 2008 was between 16.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
June 8 » At least seven people are killed and ten injured in a stabbing spree in Tokyo, Japan.
July 2 » Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
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