The temperature on April 14, 1905 was between 5.1 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
April 17 » The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
September 5 » Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
September 8 » The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
Day of marriage December 27, 1935
The temperature on December 27, 1935 was between 5.0 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
August 31 » In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
Day of death September 30, 1942
The temperature on September 30, 1942 was between 11.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
February 27 » World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
May 26 » World War II: The Battle of Gazala takes place.
July 18 » World War II: During the Beisfjord massacre in Norway, 15 Norwegian paramilitary guards help members of the SS to kill 288 political prisoners from Yugoslavia.
December 10 » World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
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