The temperature on May 25, 1907 was between 10.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
September 26 » Four months after the 1907 Imperial Conference, New Zealand and Newfoundland are promoted from colonies to dominions within the British Empire.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death May 11, 1967
The temperature on May 11, 1967 was between 10.9 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 9 » Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
November 30 » The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
Day of burial May 16, 1967
The temperature on May 16, 1967 was between 7.6 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 9 » Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
July 23 » Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
November 7 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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