The temperature on May 17, 1907 was between 2.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of marriage March 15, 1937
The temperature on March 15, 1937 was between 2.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death February 22, 1941
The temperature on February 22, 1941 was between -1.9 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 22 » World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass.
April 13 » A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
December 20 » World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
December 21 » World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
December 24 » World War II: Benghazi is conquered by the British Eighth Army.
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