The temperature on February 7, 1904 was between -1.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of marriage May 14, 1930
The temperature on May 14, 1930 was between 7.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
May 7 » The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
November 3 » Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
December 29 » Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
Day of death November 23, 1978
The temperature on November 23, 1978 was between 9.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
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