The temperature on December 12, 1905 was between -1.6 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
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.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
June 27 » During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.
August 20 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus.
October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
November 18 » Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
Day of marriage April 21, 1926
The temperature on April 21, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death November 29, 1969
The temperature on November 29, 1969 was between -1.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
August 7 » Richard Nixon appoints Luis R. Bruce, a Mohawk-Oglala Sioux and co-founder of the National Congress of American Indians, as the new commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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