The temperature on March 30, 1907 was between 4.4 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage August 26, 1926
The temperature on August 26, 1926 was between 8.1 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
Day of death November 2, 1958
The temperature on November 2, 1958 was between 4.5 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
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