The temperature on May 11, 1907 was between 11.1 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Day of death August 15, 1960
The temperature on August 15, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 15.0 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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