The temperature on November 21, 1917 was between 6.1 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 13.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
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).
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
Day of death December 26, 2000
The temperature on December 26, 2000 was between -4.6 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
June 13 » President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
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