The temperature on April 21, 1906 was between 6.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (32%). 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.
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.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of death March 27, 1959
The temperature on March 27, 1959 was between 1.2 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
November 21 » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC-AM radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal.
December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
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