The temperature on October 9, 1906 was between 10.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of marriage December 22, 1935
The temperature on December 22, 1935 was between -0.3 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
Day of death May 31, 1975
The temperature on May 31, 1975 was between 2.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
March 25 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
April 29 » Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
October 14 » An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
October 16 » The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
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