The temperature on July 5, 1906 was between 13.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of marriage September 10, 1931
The temperature on September 10, 1931 was between 4.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
Day of death February 9, 1976
The temperature on February 9, 1976 was between 1.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1 » A bomb explodes on board Middle East Airlines Flight 438 over Qaisumah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 81 people on board.
January 5 » The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.
January 18 » Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.
April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
June 28 » The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.
October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
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