The temperature on September 15, 1906 was between 9.5 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 10 » HMSDreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 8 » Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
Day of death December 13, 1978
The temperature on December 13, 1978 was between 4.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
January 13 » United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
February 17 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30 others, all Protestants.
March 16 » A Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Tupolev Tu-134 crashes near Gabare, Bulgaria, killing 73.
June 1 » The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.
November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
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