The temperature on March 23, 1907 was between 2.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
July 7 » Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.
September 30 » The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of death February 15, 1974
The temperature on February 15, 1974 was between 2.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The warmest reliably measured temperature within the Antarctic Circle, of +59°F (+15°C), is recorded at Vanda Station.
March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
May 18 » Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
September 11 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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