The temperature on February 13, 1907 was between 1.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage November 3, 1927
The temperature on November 3, 1927 was between 11.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
Day of death January 13, 1974
The temperature on January 13, 1974 was between 5.4 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
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