The temperature on November 12, 1917 was between -1.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
November 24 » In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.
November 26 » The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
Day of death October 23, 1918
The temperature on October 23, 1918 was between 3.3 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 24 » Estonian Declaration of Independence.
March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.
December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
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