The temperature on February 6, 1907 was between -10.3 °C and 0.6 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (36%). 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
December 6 » A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
Day of death July 13, 1969
The temperature on July 13, 1969 was between 12.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
September 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
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