The temperature on March 14, 1906 was between -2.9 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
September 18 » The 1906 Hong Kong typhoon kills an estimated 10,000 people.
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
Day of marriage March 14, 1942
The temperature on March 14, 1942 was between 0.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
January 23 » World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.
April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
September 21 » The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Day of death December 29, 1978
The temperature on December 29, 1978 was between 2.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 12.4 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
March 15 » Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
April 17 » Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
August 13 » One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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