The temperature on August 15, 1908 was between 7.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of marriage May 15, 1935
The temperature on May 15, 1935 was between 3.4 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 18.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
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