The temperature on December 20, 1907 was between 6.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
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.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage November 22, 1927
The temperature on November 22, 1927 was between -5.4 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
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