The temperature on October 28, 1908 was between 5.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of marriage May 7, 1954
The temperature on May 7, 1954 was between 1.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
Day of death April 14, 1969
The temperature on April 14, 1969 was between 1.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
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