The temperature on July 22, 1904 was between 10.6 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
Day of marriage June 19, 1935
The temperature on June 19, 1935 was between 10.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
Day of death May 19, 1946
The temperature on May 19, 1946 was between 7.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
February 18 » Sailors of the Royal Indian Navy mutiny in Bombay harbour, from where the action spreads throughout the Provinces of British India, involving 78 ships, twenty shore establishments and 20,000 sailors
April 8 » Électricité de France, the world's largest utility company, is formed as a result of the nationalisation of a number of electricity producers, transporters and distributors.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
May 25 » The parliament of Transjordan makes Abdullah I of Jordan their Emir.
December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
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