The temperature on October 25, 1906 was between 9.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
September 24 » Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death February 9, 1960
The temperature on February 9, 1960 was between -3.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.
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