The temperature on February 18, 1906 was between 4.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
December 31 » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.
Day of marriage June 6, 1946
The temperature on June 6, 1946 was between 8.2 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 25 » The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor.
April 1 » The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
April 5 » Soviet troops end their year-long occupation of the Danish island of Bornholm.
May 9 » King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II.
July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
September 24 » The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
Day of death November 22, 1969
The temperature on November 22, 1969 was between 3.8 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
July 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
August 12 » Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
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