The temperature on November 19, 1917 was between 6.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 22 » World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
January 31 » World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
September 26 » World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
November 2 » The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
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