The temperature on February 1, 1907 was between -5.5 °C and -1.1 °C and averaged -3.0 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
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 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of death October 2, 1985
The temperature on October 2, 1985 was between 14.2 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
April 19 » Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.
August 12 » Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia during "Operation Wooden Leg".
November 9 » Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.
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