The temperature on March 13, 1906 was between -2.8 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
September 1 » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death April 22, 1996
The temperature on April 22, 1996 was between 11.3 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
January 11 » Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
February 17 » The 8.2 Mw Biak earthquake shakes the Papua province of eastern Indonesia with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A large tsunami followed, leaving one-hundred sixty-six people dead or missing and 423 injured.
April 1 » The government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the City of Halifax and the over 200 communities around the area to create the Halifax Regional Municipality.
April 28 » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
August 6 » NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
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