The temperature on April 29, 1906 was between 1.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
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.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death October 23, 1959
The temperature on October 23, 1959 was between 3.9 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
September 18 » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
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