The temperature on May 5, 1907 was between 2.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
June 22 » The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage October 3, 1931
The temperature on October 3, 1931 was between 6.6 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
Day of death October 21, 2000
The temperature on October 21, 2000 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
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