The temperature on February 28, 1908 was between 0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
January 24 » The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
Day of marriage May 18, 1934
The temperature on May 18, 1934 was between 0.4 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
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