The temperature on July 13, 1905 was between 13.2 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
Day of marriage November 5, 1926
The temperature on November 5, 1926 was between 2.9 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death September 15, 1983
The temperature on September 15, 1983 was between 12.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
July 15 » An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA, leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.
September 26 » Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
October 13 » Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago.
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