The temperature on May 20, 1908 was between 8.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Day of death August 18, 1957
The temperature on August 18, 1957 was between 13.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.
March 25 » The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
May 3 » Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles.
September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
October 4 » Sputnik 1 becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
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