The temperature on August 30, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (27%). 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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of marriage April 17, 1928
The temperature on April 17, 1928 was between 0.1 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death December 11, 1968
The temperature on December 11, 1968 was between -8.0 °C and -2.6 °C and averaged -5.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
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