The temperature on May 16, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
October 1 » Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
Day of death October 10, 1969
The temperature on October 10, 1969 was between 5.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
March 19 » The 385-metre-tall (1,263ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
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.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
November 19 » Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.
Day of burial October 14, 1969
The temperature on October 14, 1969 was between 8.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
July 25 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war.
August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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