The temperature on April 18, 1908 was between 3.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of marriage March 12, 1937
The temperature on March 12, 1937 was between 3.5 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
Day of death November 17, 1974
The temperature on November 17, 1974 was between 4.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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