The temperature on August 31, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
Day of marriage September 3, 1927
The temperature on September 3, 1927 was between 14.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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