The temperature on October 24, 1906 was between 5.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
Day of death February 3, 1976
The temperature on February 3, 1976 was between -2.1 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
May 7 » The Honda Accord is officially launched.
June 5 » The Teton Dam in Idaho, United States, collapses.
July 18 » Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
July 22 » Japan completes its last reparation to the Philippines for war crimes committed during imperial Japan's conquest of the country in the Second World War.
November 24 » The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.
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