The temperature on August 12, 1908 was between 5.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Day of death June 8, 1947
The temperature on June 8, 1947 was between 11.8 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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