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.
January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
Day of marriage January 15, 1938
The temperature on January 15, 1938 was between 7.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death July 11, 1996
The temperature on July 11, 1996 was between 9.1 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
February 6 » Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, killing all 189 people on board. This is the deadliest aviation accident involving a Boeing 757.
July 18 » Storms provoke severe flooding on the Saguenay River, beginning one of Quebec's costliest natural disasters ever.
August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
November 19 » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
November 25 » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
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