The temperature on February 18, 1908 was between 3.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
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.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
Day of death October 10, 1992
The temperature on October 10, 1992 was between 3.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 12 » The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
March 2 » Start of the war in Transnistria.
June 3 » Aboriginal land rights are granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo.
June 17 » A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).
July 20 » Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia.
December 29 » Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
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