The temperature on September 15, 1930 was between 9.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
May 7 » The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
June 16 » Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
Day of death May 2, 2003
The temperature on May 2, 2003 was between 5.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
March 23 » Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq.
July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
November 12 » Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
November 18 » The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4–3 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
December 29 » The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
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