The temperature on July 17, 1907 was between 12.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
Day of marriage October 22, 1952
The temperature on October 22, 1952 was between 4.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
April 15 » First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
July 26 » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of death December 8, 1981
The temperature on December 8, 1981 was between -0.4 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
May 24 » Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee die in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha.
May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
July 29 » After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
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