The temperature on January 22, 1907 was between -12.1 °C and -2.7 °C and averaged -8.2 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
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.
October 9 » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
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 August 23, 1970
The temperature on August 23, 1970 was between 13.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
December 15 » Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
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