The temperature on June 4, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of marriage October 1, 1926
The temperature on October 1, 1926 was between 3.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
August 20 » Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death June 5, 1991
The temperature on June 5, 1991 was between 2.1 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
June 15 » In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
August 24 » Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
September 5 » The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
December 26 » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
Day of burial June 10, 1991
The temperature on June 10, 1991 was between 11.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 9 » Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
April 2 » Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
October 11 » Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.
October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
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