The temperature on July 18, 1907 was between 11.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Day of marriage July 19, 1937
The temperature on July 19, 1937 was between 11.6 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death May 7, 1943
The temperature on May 7, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
May 11 » World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.
June 4 » A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
June 24 » US military police attempt to arrest a black soldier in Bamber Bridge, England, sparking the Battle of Bamber Bridge mutiny that leaves one dead and seven wounded.
July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
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