The temperature on August 17, 1911 was between 10.8 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage August 17, 1946
The temperature on August 17, 1946 was between 12.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
May 1 » The Paris Peace Conference concludes that the islands of the Dodecanese should be returned to Greece by Italy.
June 18 » Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, a Socialist, calls for a Direct Action Day against the Portuguese in Goa.
September 19 » The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
November 3 » The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
Day of death May 3, 1965
The temperature on May 3, 1965 was between 10.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 4 » The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
December 16 » Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland sends U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara a request for 243,000 more men by the end of 1966.
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