The temperature on December 6, 1907 was between 0.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
December 14 » The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of marriage September 19, 1934
The temperature on September 19, 1934 was between 10.9 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
Day of death March 11, 2001
The temperature on March 11, 2001 was between 8.8 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
February 12 » NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft touches down in the "saddle" region of 433 Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
Day of burial March 16, 2001
The temperature on March 16, 2001 was between 5.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
April 1 » An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
September 11 » The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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