The temperature on June 16, 1906 was between 9.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
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.
November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of marriage February 11, 1932
The temperature on February 11, 1932 was between -7.7 °C and -0.8 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
July 17 » Altona Bloody Sunday: A riot between the Nazi Party paramilitary forces, the SS and SA, and the German Communist Party ensues.
July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
December 10 » Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
Day of death January 4, 1999
The temperature on January 4, 1999 was between 5.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
December 18 » NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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