The temperature on September 12, 1908 was between 4.5 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
October 13 » Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and became the first woman to speak there.
October 14 » The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the 1908 World Series; this would be their last until winning the 2016 World Series.
November 7 » Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente Canton, Bolivia.
Day of marriage September 6, 1930
The temperature on September 6, 1930 was between 13.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 16 » The Romanian Football Federation joins FIFA.
February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
September 8 » 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
Day of death February 8, 2002
The temperature on February 8, 2002 was between 6.7 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
March 1 » U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.
July 15 » "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
November 6 » Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
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