The temperature on May 7, 1907 was between 8.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
Day of marriage October 18, 1934
The temperature on October 18, 1934 was between 3.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
Day of death September 24, 1984
The temperature on September 24, 1984 was between 5.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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