The temperature on September 27, 1907 was between 11.4 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
Day of marriage May 26, 1928
The temperature on May 26, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
Day of death May 10, 2001
The temperature on May 10, 2001 was between 12.0 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
June 8 » Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Day of cremation May 14, 2001
The temperature on May 14, 2001 was between 10.9 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
October 17 » Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
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