The temperature on May 7, 1919 was between 4.1 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
Day of marriage June 17, 1941
The temperature on June 17, 1941 was between 6.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
April 23 » World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.
April 27 » World War II: German troops enter Athens.
June 1 » World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany.
June 22 » World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
Day of death May 17, 2001
The temperature on May 17, 2001 was between 9.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
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