The temperature on July 15, 1906 was between 12.0 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of marriage May 25, 1937
The temperature on May 25, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
Day of death March 5, 1990
The temperature on March 5, 1990 was between 6.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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