The temperature on January 25, 1906 was between -3.3 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of marriage January 28, 1931
The temperature on January 28, 1931 was between -0.7 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
Day of death February 2, 1990
The temperature on February 2, 1990 was between 5.8 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
March 28 » United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
April 7 » Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
August 10 » The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
November 17 » Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
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