The average temperature on February 6, 1906 was -0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
Day of marriage August 31, 1942
The temperature on August 31, 1942 was between 15.2 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
February 19 » World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
September 21 » The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
November 12 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
November 13 » World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
November 28 » In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
Day of death June 20, 1958
The temperature on June 20, 1958 was between 11.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 5.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
April 5 » Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrows in Canada is destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
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