The temperature on November 13, 1908 was between 5.1 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
November 28 » A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
Day of marriage November 23, 1937
The temperature on November 23, 1937 was between -0.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death August 20, 1998
The temperature on August 20, 1998 was between 9.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 26 » Lewinsky scandal: On American television, U.S. President Bill Clinton denies having had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
February 28 » First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
March 27 » The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
May 11 » India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.
August 24 » First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
October 29 » ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission.
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