The temperature on August 7, 1908 was between 15.7 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
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 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.
Day of death August 26, 1909
The temperature on August 26, 1909 was between 11.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
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