The temperature on December 12, 1906 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). 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.
February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
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.
Day of death December 23, 2000
The temperature on December 23, 2000 was between -6.6 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
June 22 » Wuhan Airlines Flight 343 is struck by lightning and crashes into Wuhan's Hanyang District, killing 49 people.
July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
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