The temperature on September 6, 1906 was between 12.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
April 14 » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
September 30 » The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.
October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Day of death September 21, 1947
The temperature on September 21, 1947 was between 12.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 19.4 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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