The temperature on January 9, 1908 was between -2.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of marriage April 7, 1933
The temperature on April 7, 1933 was between 6.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
March 23 » The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
April 1 » The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
August 27 » The first Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in Bloemfontein.
September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
Day of death December 23, 1938
The temperature on December 23, 1938 was between -14.7 °C and -5.9 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
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