The temperature on July 24, 1906 was between 13.5 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
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.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).
Day of marriage June 24, 1937
The temperature on June 24, 1937 was between 8.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Day of death December 28, 1959
The temperature on December 28, 1959 was between 4.4 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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