The temperature on November 15, 1906 was between 1.3 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
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 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of marriage December 3, 1937
The temperature on December 3, 1937 was between 3.7 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death March 20, 1970
The temperature on March 20, 1970 was between 3.4 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
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