The temperature on October 19, 1906 was between 5.3 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
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 April 7, 1927
The temperature on April 7, 1927 was between 3.8 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 22.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
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