The temperature on April 8, 1917 was between -2.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 11 » World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Day of marriage June 25, 1937
The temperature on June 25, 1937 was between 6.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death April 16, 1957
The temperature on April 16, 1957 was between 4.5 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
March 9 » The 8.6 Mw Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami.
May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
November 8 » Operation Grapple X, Round C1: The United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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