The temperature on July 22, 1907 was between 5.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
Day of marriage May 8, 1936
The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Day of death June 20, 1971
The temperature on June 20, 1971 was between 9.1 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 12.2 mm of rain during 10.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
September 20 » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
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