The temperature on September 27, 1908 was between 5.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
Day of death April 26, 1997
The temperature on April 26, 1997 was between 7.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 11 » Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
May 25 » A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma.
June 5 » The Second Republic of the Congo Civil War begins.
July 6 » The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles begin in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
July 23 » Digital Equipment Corporation files antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel.
September 3 » Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
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