The temperature on August 18, 1906 was between 10.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
June 25 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of death September 25, 1947
The temperature on September 25, 1947 was between 3.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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