The temperature on November 27, 1905 was between 2.4 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
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.
Day of marriage March 11, 1929
The temperature on March 11, 1929 was between -4.0 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
February 11 » Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
April 6 » Huey P. Long, Governor of Louisiana, is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.
May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
June 17 » The town of Murchison, New Zealand Is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.
October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Day of death November 18, 1954
The temperature on November 18, 1954 was between 0.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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