The temperature on July 23, 1906 was between 15.5 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
November 24 » A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.
Day of death October 18, 1969
The temperature on October 18, 1969 was between 7.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
April 5 » Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
August 15 » The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
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