The temperature on December 7, 1906 was between -4.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
Day of death February 15, 1979
The temperature on February 15, 1979 was between -7.0 °C and -5.8 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 1 » Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
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