The temperature on January 20, 1905 was between -4.4 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 23 » Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
October 26 » King Oscar II recognizes the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden.
Day of marriage April 22, 1931
The temperature on April 22, 1931 was between 4.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
Day of death April 27, 1941
The temperature on April 27, 1941 was between 0.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 18 » World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
August 24 » Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
October 30 » President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
December 12 » Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.
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