The temperature on March 28, 1906 was between -4.3 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
Day of death March 15, 1974
The temperature on March 15, 1974 was between -1.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
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