The temperature on September 16, 1917 was between 7.8 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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 12 » World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
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).
July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death February 8, 2007
The temperature on February 8, 2007 was between -2.7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast 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, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
June 30 » A Jeep Cherokee filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance of Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. This was linked to the 2007 London car bombs that had taken place the day before.
August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
September 24 » India won first ever T20 international Cricket World Cup.
October 2 » President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea goes to North Korea for an Inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
November 5 » China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
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