The temperature on September 27, 1913 was between 7.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
Day of death August 14, 1957
The temperature on August 14, 1957 was between 11.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
April 6 » Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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