The temperature on July 12, 1907 was between 8.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of marriage February 16, 1932
The temperature on February 16, 1932 was between -0.6 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
November 8 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected as the 32nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent president Herbert Hoover.
December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
Day of death November 3, 1972
The temperature on November 3, 1972 was between 7.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
February 15 » Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
May 6 » Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.
May 30 » In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
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