The temperature on November 7, 1917 was between 2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of marriage July 12, 1944
The temperature on July 12, 1944 was between 11.5 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
October 20 » World War II: The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
November 7 » Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
Day of death June 5, 1958
The temperature on June 5, 1958 was between 10.6 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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