The temperature on May 6, 1917 was between 1.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
March 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
Day of death February 6, 1967
The temperature on February 6, 1967 was between 1.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.
July 3 » The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
September 1 » The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
November 7 » Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
November 22 » UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
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