The temperature on March 6, 1907 was between -0.5 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
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 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 21 » The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
Day of death September 2, 1960
The temperature on September 2, 1960 was between 8.4 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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