The temperature on February 2, 1908 was between -3.1 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of marriage July 11, 1936
The temperature on July 11, 1936 was between 9.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
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