The temperature on March 14, 1905 was between 4.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
February 5 » In Mexico, the General Hospital of Mexico is inaugurated, started with four basic specialties.
April 30 » Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
November 12 » Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of marriage December 8, 1930
The temperature on December 8, 1930 was between 0.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 7 » The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
June 17 » U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act into law.
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
Day of death July 14, 1946
The temperature on July 14, 1946 was between 9.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
August 16 » Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
December 9 » The Constituent Assembly of India meets for the first time to write the Constitution of India.
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