The temperature on July 31, 1908 was between 9.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
Day of marriage May 16, 1935
The temperature on May 16, 1935 was between 0.4 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death July 21, 1961
The temperature on July 21, 1961 was between 12.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
June 4 » Cold War: In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
June 16 » While on tour with the Kirov Ballet in Paris, Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union.
September 1 » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
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