The temperature on January 4, 1908 was between -13.6 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -7.2 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (84%). 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 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
April 14 » Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1m) high downstream.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
Day of death August 24, 1911
The temperature on August 24, 1911 was between 9.1 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
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