The temperature on July 21, 1908 was between 12.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of marriage November 16, 1935
The temperature on November 16, 1935 was between 6.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Day of death January 11, 1979
The temperature on January 11, 1979 was between 0.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
February 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
March 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
October 26 » Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea, is assassinated by Korean CIA head Kim Jae-gyu.
December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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