The temperature on April 10, 1906 was between 3.2 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (81%). 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.
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 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of marriage April 1, 1926
The temperature on April 1, 1926 was between 0.6 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death July 14, 1997
The temperature on July 14, 1997 was between 13.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 3 » The Thalit massacre begins in Algeria; all but one of the 53 inhabitants of Thalit are killed by guerrillas.
May 17 » Troops of Laurent Kabila march into Kinshasa. Zaire is officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 1 » China resumes sovereignty over the city-state of Hong Kong, ending 156 years of British colonial rule. The handover ceremony is attended by British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Charles, Prince of Wales, Chinese President Jiang Zemin, and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
September 6 » The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2⁄2 billion watched around the world on television.
November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
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