The temperature on January 13, 1908 was between -7.5 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
May 10 » Mother's Day is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia.
July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
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 August 3, 1931
The temperature on August 3, 1931 was between 16.6 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
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