The temperature on April 27, 1906 was between -0.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death May 6, 1906
The temperature on May 6, 1906 was between 3.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 12.2 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
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