The temperature on August 19, 1906 was between 7.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
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 September 9, 1936
The temperature on September 9, 1936 was between 8.7 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
December 5 » The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Day of death June 12, 1966
The temperature on June 12, 1966 was between 15.9 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
June 8 » Topeka, Kansas, is devastated by a tornado that registers as an "F5" on the Fujita scale: The first to exceed US$100million in damages. Sixteen people are killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
October 1 » West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
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