The temperature on August 27, 1906 was between 9.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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.
Day of marriage November 10, 1936
The temperature on November 10, 1936 was between 5.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
June 30 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
July 18 » On the Spanish mainland, a faction of the army supported by fascists, rises up against the Second Spanish Republic in a coup d'état starting the 3-year-long Civil War, resulting in the longest dictatorship in modern European history.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
Day of death July 17, 1985
The temperature on July 17, 1985 was between 8.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 7 » Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.
January 10 » Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
May 11 » Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
May 29 » Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
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