The temperature on October 16, 1906 was between 8.6 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death December 20, 2000
The temperature on December 20, 2000 was between 0.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
April 30 » Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
July 2 » Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
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