The temperature on March 10, 1906 was between -0.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
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.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
Day of death September 29, 1941
The temperature on September 29, 1941 was between 12.2 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
April 10 » World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
April 14 » World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
May 5 » Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day.
June 26 » World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day.
July 11 » The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
Day of burial October 1, 1941
The temperature on October 1, 1941 was between 5.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 18 » World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.
February 25 » The outlawed Communist Party of the Netherlands organises a general strike in German-occupied Amsterdam to protest against Nazi persecution of Dutch Jews.
September 28 » Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season, and becomes the last major league baseball player to bat .400 or better.
September 30 » World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
December 19 » World War II: Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMSValiant and HMSQueen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
December 28 » World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.
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