The temperature on July 19, 1905 was between 9.8 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
June 7 » Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year.
September 8 » The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
September 11 » The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
November 21 » Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E=mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
Day of death September 8, 1973
The temperature on September 8, 1973 was between 10.6 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
April 4 » The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City are officially dedicated.
May 25 » In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.
July 13 » Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee.
September 23 » Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
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