The temperature on October 27, 1907 was between 5.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Day of marriage August 18, 1933
The temperature on August 18, 1933 was between 14.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
September 26 » As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
October 7 » Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of five French airlines.
October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.
Day of death October 25, 1996
The temperature on October 25, 1996 was between 7.6 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
January 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
May 27 » First Chechen War: the Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire.
June 4 » The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
June 13 » The Montana Freemen surrender after an 81-day standoff with FBI agents.
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