The temperature on November 7, 1906 was between 8.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
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 marriage October 19, 1935
The temperature on October 19, 1935 was between 8.6 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death June 30, 1992
The temperature on June 30, 1992 was between 14.4 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 17 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops massacre more than 20 Azerbaijani civilians during the Capture of Garadaghly.
August 22 » FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
October 4 » El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
November 21 » A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.
December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.
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