The temperature on December 4, 1906 was between 1.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
Day of death May 4, 1962
The temperature on May 4, 1962 was between 4.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
October 16 » Cuban missile crisis begins: Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
October 28 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.
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