The temperature on July 9, 1906 was between 11.2 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
Day of marriage December 18, 1929
The temperature on December 18, 1929 was between -2.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » Mother Teresa arrives by sea in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people.
January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
May 1 » The 7.2 Mw Kopet Dag earthquake shakes the Iran–Turkmenistan border region with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing up to 3,800 and injuring 1,121.
June 8 » Margaret Bondfield is appointed Minister of Labour. She is the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
October 29 » The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.
Day of death February 3, 1999
The temperature on February 3, 1999 was between 4.9 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 19 » The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
September 7 » The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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