The temperature on January 12, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of marriage June 8, 1932
The temperature on June 8, 1932 was between 6.3 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
November 24 » In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Day of death April 15, 1988
The temperature on April 15, 1988 was between 6.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
September 27 » The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
October 17 » Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.
November 2 » The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
November 19 » Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
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