The temperature on May 13, 1908 was between 5.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of death August 22, 1961
The temperature on August 22, 1961 was between 13.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
July 25 » Cold War: In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
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