The temperature on August 7, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
Day of marriage April 4, 1946
The temperature on April 4, 1946 was between 8.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
March 11 » Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.
April 17 » The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
Day of death January 23, 2005
The temperature on January 23, 2005 was between -2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 24 » Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is inaugurated as the 265th Pope of the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Benedict XVI.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
August 17 » The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
October 12 » The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
December 11 » The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
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