The temperature on July 24, 1913 was between 9.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
Day of marriage August 5, 1936
The temperature on August 5, 1936 was between 8.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
Day of death August 19, 1990
The temperature on August 19, 1990 was between 5.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
March 21 » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
April 24 » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
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