The temperature on May 24, 1907 was between 10.4 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death August 31, 1991
The temperature on August 31, 1991 was between 11.3 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
March 2 » Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
November 14 » American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
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