The temperature on August 25, 1907 was between 4.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (77%). 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.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
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.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage September 24, 1932
The temperature on September 24, 1932 was between 9.6 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
May 15 » In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
Day of death April 23, 1949
The temperature on April 23, 1949 was between 3.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
September 27 » Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
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