The temperature on October 21, 1906 was between 8.9 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death November 12, 1962
The temperature on November 12, 1962 was between 1.7 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
March 2 » In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
July 9 » Starfish Prime tests the effects of a nuclear test at orbital altitudes.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
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