The temperature on November 8, 1906 was between 7.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
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 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
Day of marriage October 25, 1936
The temperature on October 25, 1936 was between 5.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
Day of death November 14, 1979
The temperature on November 14, 1979 was between -1.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.
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