The temperature on February 25, 1917 was between 1.7 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
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.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
Day of marriage February 5, 1944
The temperature on February 5, 1944 was between 2.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
October 7 » World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
Day of death August 13, 1984
The temperature on August 13, 1984 was between 11.9 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 10 » Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
April 4 » President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
September 5 » Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
September 21 » Brunei joins the United Nations.
October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
October 19 » A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
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