The temperature on February 23, 1908 was between 2.0 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
Day of death September 27, 1928
The temperature on September 27, 1928 was between -0.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
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