The temperature on January 1, 1908 was between -7.1 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of death May 5, 1984
The temperature on May 5, 1984 was between 8.2 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
August 4 » The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
August 11 » "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
September 2 » Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
October 11 » Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
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