The temperature on June 21, 1908 was between 10.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
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 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
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.
Day of marriage October 22, 1934
The temperature on October 22, 1934 was between 10.9 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
Day of death May 22, 2004
The temperature on May 22, 2004 was between 4.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 21 » NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
July 5 » The first direct Indonesian presidential election is held.
August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
August 22 » Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
November 8 » Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
November 11 » The Palestine Liberation Organization confirms the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas is elected chairman of the PLO minutes later.
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