The temperature on January 21, 1908 was between -3.7 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
December 28 » The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.
Day of death October 30, 1962
The temperature on October 30, 1962 was between 2.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
October 12 » The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages.
November 24 » The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.
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