The temperature on July 30, 1908 was between 10.0 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
Day of death March 21, 1945
The temperature on March 21, 1945 was between 3.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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).
January 31 » US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.
April 13 » World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
June 26 » The United Nations Charter is signed by 50 Allied nations in San Francisco, California.
August 30 » The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.
September 11 » World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
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