The temperature on November 9, 1907 was between 6.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Christening day December 7, 1907
The temperature on December 7, 1907 was between -1.1 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. 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.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage June 22, 1935
The temperature on June 22, 1935 was between 13.8 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 21.2 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
Day of death September 9, 1981
The temperature on September 9, 1981 was between 11.2 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Greece is admitted into the European Community.
September 3 » The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
December 13 » General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
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