The temperature on May 21, 1905 was between 2.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
April 4 » In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
May 27 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.
June 30 » Albert Einstein sends the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity, for publication in Annalen der Physik.
September 26 » Albert Einstein publishes the third of his Annus Mirabilis papers, introducing the special theory of relativity.
December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of marriage May 11, 1926
The temperature on May 11, 1926 was between 6.8 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
Day of death March 30, 1999
The temperature on March 30, 1999 was between 9.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
September 7 » The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
November 18 » At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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