The temperature on August 9, 1907 was between 15.3 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
Day of marriage November 30, 1934
The temperature on November 30, 1934 was between 2.4 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
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