The temperature on March 23, 1906 was between -3.8 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of marriage January 15, 1934
The temperature on January 15, 1934 was between 2.9 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
Day of death July 28, 1979
The temperature on July 28, 1979 was between 12.9 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
February 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
August 11 » Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
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