The temperature on May 9, 1906 was between 9.3 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
April 22 » The 1906 Intercalated Games, now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
Day of marriage March 31, 1939
The temperature on March 31, 1939 was between 2.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
May 21 » The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
June 4 » The Holocaust: The MSSt. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
September 2 » World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
December 14 » Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
Day of death October 19, 1970
The temperature on October 19, 1970 was between 6.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The 7.9 Mw Ancash earthquake shakes Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and a landslide buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794–70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
September 5 » Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix.
October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
October 10 » Canada's October Crisis escalates when Quebec's vice-premier is kidnapped by members of the FLQ.
November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
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