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.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
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 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
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