The temperature on June 11, 1907 was between 11.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. 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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of marriage May 3, 1928
The temperature on May 3, 1928 was between 12.7 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
Day of death May 3, 2002
The temperature on May 3, 2002 was between 5.1 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
February 28 » During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
November 18 » Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
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