The temperature on July 10, 1907 was between 10.9 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
Day of marriage May 3, 1934
The temperature on May 3, 1934 was between 10.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of death October 24, 1962
The temperature on October 24, 1962 was between 7.9 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
May 22 » Continental Airlines Flight 11 crashes after bombs explode on board.
June 7 » The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
October 11 » The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
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