The temperature on July 16, 1907 was between 12.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
December 11 » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of marriage July 29, 1938
The temperature on July 29, 1938 was between 8.3 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
Day of death August 28, 1989
The temperature on August 28, 1989 was between 10.7 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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 24 » Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed by the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
September 4 » In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
December 28 » A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
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