The temperature on October 24, 1908 was between -2.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of death November 2, 1956
The temperature on November 2, 1956 was between 5.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
July 13 » The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence.
July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
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