The temperature on April 10, 1907 was between 2.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
Day of marriage August 30, 1934
The temperature on August 30, 1934 was between 7.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
May 28 » Near Callander, Ontario, Canada, the Dionne quintuplets are born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne; they will be the first quintuplets to survive infancy.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of death June 27, 1955
The temperature on June 27, 1955 was between 9.9 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
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