The temperature on August 17, 1908 was between 11.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Christening day September 13, 1908
The temperature on September 13, 1908 was between 4.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
Day of marriage July 18, 1935
The temperature on July 18, 1935 was between 10.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
May 27 » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
November 22 » The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
Day of death July 30, 1997
The temperature on July 30, 1997 was between 13.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 5 » The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families.
April 29 » The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
August 29 » At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
December 1 » In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
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