The temperature on December 3, 1907 was between 4.0 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of marriage January 23, 1935
The temperature on January 23, 1935 was between 5.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
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