The temperature on May 4, 1908 was between 5.5 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of marriage December 4, 1929
The temperature on December 4, 1929 was between 7.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
August 16 » The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
October 7 » Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
November 3 » The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
December 24 » A four alarm fire breaks out in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C.
December 27 » Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".
Day of death November 23, 1997
The temperature on November 23, 1997 was between 4.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
June 13 » A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
November 12 » Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
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