The temperature on August 8, 1905 was between 13.3 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
May 28 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
August 13 » Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
October 30 » Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
November 28 » Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
Day of marriage September 23, 1930
The temperature on September 23, 1930 was between 12.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 3 » Communist Party of Vietnam is founded at a "Unification Conference" held in Kowloon, British Hong Kong.
May 24 » Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
September 6 » Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
December 16 » Bank robber Herman Lamm and members of his crew are killed by a 200-strong posse, following a botched bank robbery, in Clinton, Indiana.
Day of death November 29, 1962
The temperature on November 29, 1962 was between 5.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7.
May 19 » A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
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