The temperature on February 14, 1907 was between -1.4 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
August 3 » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death May 8, 2000
The temperature on May 8, 2000 was between 10.4 °C and 25.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
September 15 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XXVII Olympiad, are opened in Sydney, Australia.
September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
October 26 » A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election.
November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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