The temperature on May 26, 1907 was between 12.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
Day of marriage December 23, 1931
The temperature on December 23, 1931 was between -6.8 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 21 » Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
Day of death June 6, 1996
The temperature on June 6, 1996 was between 15.1 °C and 30.9 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
July 5 » Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
August 6 » The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
August 31 » Saddam Hussein's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
October 7 » Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
November 25 » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
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