The temperature on August 12, 1908 was between 4.4 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
June 27 » A group of Vietnamese tirailleurs conducts a failed attempt to poison the entire French army's garrison in the Hanoi Citadel with the aim to make way for Hoàng Hoa Thám's rebel army to capture Hanoi.
June 30 » The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over Eastern Siberia.
August 8 » Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
Day of marriage June 23, 1931
The temperature on June 23, 1931 was between 10.3 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
Day of death November 15, 1993
The temperature on November 15, 1993 was between 1.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
March 29 » Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
December 2 » Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
December 10 » The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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