The temperature on September 12, 1906 was between 2.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
February 18 » Édouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
September 25 » Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
November 9 » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
Day of marriage June 1, 1932
The temperature on June 1, 1932 was between 8.4 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
July 20 » In the Preußenschlag, German President Hindenburg places Prussia directly under the rule of the national government.
September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
October 15 » Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
December 7 » German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
Day of death November 9, 1962
The temperature on November 9, 1962 was between 6.0 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
April 26 » NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
June 1 » Adolf Eichmann is hanged in Israel.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
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