The temperature on June 15, 1917 was between 11.9 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
March 2 » The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
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.
November 20 » World War I: Battle of Cambrai begins: British forces make early progress in an attack on German positions but are later pushed back.
Day of marriage December 2, 1943
The temperature on December 2, 1943 was between 0.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 27 » The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
March 6 » World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, ends with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion, the bulk of the garrison of the town of Grevena, leading to its liberation a fortnight later.
September 9 » World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
October 3 » World War II: German forces murder 92 civilians in Lyngiades, Greece.
December 5 » World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
Day of death February 22, 1975
The temperature on February 22, 1975 was between -1.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 30 » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
July 12 » São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
July 31 » The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
September 28 » The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
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