The temperature on May 9, 1907 was between 7.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
Day of marriage August 15, 1936
The temperature on August 15, 1936 was between 11.3 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death August 13, 1995
The temperature on August 13, 1995 was between 13.7 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 3 » Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
February 21 » Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.
June 29 » The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
October 3 » The O. J. Simpson murder case ended with a verdict of not guilty.
November 21 » The Dayton Agreement is initialed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
December 19 » The United States Government restores federal recognition to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Native American tribe.
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