The temperature on February 10, 1906 was between -3.0 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) 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.
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 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
Day of death August 20, 1980
The temperature on August 20, 1980 was between 14.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded 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 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
April 12 » The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
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