The temperature on March 7, 1908 was between 2.3 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
February 1 » Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of marriage January 29, 1934
The temperature on January 29, 1934 was between -2.4 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
Day of death August 30, 1991
The temperature on August 30, 1991 was between 9.1 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
June 7 » Mount Pinatubo erupts, generating an ash column 7 kilometres (4.3mi) high.
June 17 » Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
August 20 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
October 20 » A 6.8 Mw earthquake strikes the Uttarkashi region of India, killing more than 1,000 people.
November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
December 20 » A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
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