The temperature on March 22, 1917 was between -4.1 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 17 » The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
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.
April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Arras: The battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.
May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
November 28 » The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
Day of marriage October 24, 1944
The temperature on October 24, 1944 was between 6.0 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
June 22 » World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.
July 21 » World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
Day of death April 26, 1992
The temperature on April 26, 1992 was between 8.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 31 » The USSMissouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
April 17 » The Katina P is deliberately run aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
April 22 » In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
June 3 » Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
July 23 » A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
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