The temperature on August 2, 1907 was between 8.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
Day of death March 30, 1971
The temperature on March 30, 1971 was between -0.2 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
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