The temperature on September 20, 1906 was between 9.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
March 5 » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
April 7 » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
June 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania is launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of death April 15, 1963
The temperature on April 15, 1963 was between 7.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 5.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
May 19 » The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
May 25 » The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 11 » American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
July 26 » An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
October 9 » In Italy, a large landslide a causes a giant wave to overtop the Vajont Dam, killing over 2,000.
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