The temperature on July 8, 1907 was between 6.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (25%). 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.
January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
Day of death October 27, 1980
The temperature on October 27, 1980 was between 10.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
March 31 » The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad operates its final train after being ordered to liquidate its assets because of bankruptcy and debts owed to creditors.
June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.
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