The temperature on November 4, 1908 was between 4.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of marriage January 21, 1933
The temperature on January 21, 1933 was between -7.6 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
May 12 » The Agricultural Adjustment Act, which restricts agricultural production through government purchase of livestock for slaughter and paying subsidies to farmers when they remove land from planting, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
May 17 » Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort form Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway.
September 21 » Salvador Lutteroth establishes Mexican professional wrestling.
November 16 » The United States and the Soviet Union establish formal diplomatic relations.
Day of death June 25, 1954
The temperature on June 25, 1954 was between 12.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
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