The temperature on January 15, 1908 was between -3.5 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
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.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
December 2 » Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
Day of death May 3, 2001
The temperature on May 3, 2001 was between 8.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
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