The temperature on October 23, 1917 was between 3.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 13.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
Day of death October 30, 1917
The temperature on October 30, 1917 was between 1.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
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