The temperature on October 12, 1917 was between 3.4 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of death July 10, 1960
The temperature on July 10, 1960 was between 13.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.
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