The temperature on February 18, 1906 was between 4.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
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 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
Day of death June 21, 1954
The temperature on June 21, 1954 was between 11.8 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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