The temperature on September 5, 1917 was between 9.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 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 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
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.
November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
December 11 » World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
Day of marriage October 12, 1946
The temperature on October 12, 1946 was between 4.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
May 7 » Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.
May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
December 7 » A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
December 20 » The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York City.
Day of death November 5, 2001
The temperature on November 5, 2001 was between 3.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
August 6 » Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
September 13 » Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
September 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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