The temperature on July 7, 1906 was between 7.1 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 22 » SSValencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
Day of death August 8, 1969
The temperature on August 8, 1969 was between 13.3 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
May 21 » Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, known as Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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