The temperature on September 23, 1907 was between 1.9 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (87%). 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.
January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
May 28 » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death August 16, 1955
The temperature on August 16, 1955 was between 13.2 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Day of burial August 19, 1955
The temperature on August 19, 1955 was between 15.3 °C and 25.4 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
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