The temperature on March 9, 1907 was between -0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
December 19 » Two hundred thirty-nine coal miners die in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage May 26, 1931
The temperature on May 26, 1931 was between 13.5 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. 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 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
Day of death September 24, 1963
The temperature on September 24, 1963 was between 13.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
June 16 » Soviet Space Program: Vostok 6 mission: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
October 4 » Hurricane Flora kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
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