The temperature on August 22, 1906 was between 14.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
Day of marriage September 12, 1930
The temperature on September 12, 1930 was between 11.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
March 31 » The Motion Picture Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film, in the U.S., for the next thirty-eight years.
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
Day of death December 1, 1958
The temperature on December 1, 1958 was between -2.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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