The temperature on February 28, 1905 was between 0.4 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
October 16 » The Partition of Bengal in India takes place.
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 death May 13, 1958
The temperature on May 13, 1958 was between 6.7 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
August 18 » Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
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