The temperature on November 12, 1908 was between 4.0 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 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.
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 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
Day of marriage September 25, 1934
The temperature on September 25, 1934 was between 5.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
July 11 » Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
Day of death February 15, 1990
The temperature on February 15, 1990 was between 1.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
March 1 » Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
June 10 » British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
September 18 » Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
November 16 » Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
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