The temperature on April 26, 1908 was between 0.6 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
October 6 » The Bosnian crisis erupts when Austria-Hungary formally annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of death September 23, 1909
The temperature on September 23, 1909 was between 10.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
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