The temperature on July 17, 1906 was between 13.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 12 » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death April 23, 1979
The temperature on April 23, 1979 was between 6.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
May 30 » Downeast Flight 46 crashes on approach to Knox County Regional Airport in Rockland, Maine, killing 17.
June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
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