The temperature on September 28, 1906 was between 1.4 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death January 7, 1968
The temperature on January 7, 1968 was between -4.8 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -1.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
February 8 » American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
April 20 » English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.
September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
Day of burial January 11, 1968
The temperature on January 11, 1968 was between -7.6 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
December 23 » The 82 sailors from the USSPueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
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