The temperature on November 3, 1904 was between 6.2 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
Day of marriage September 2, 1927
The temperature on September 2, 1927 was between 13.3 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Day of death August 3, 1999
The temperature on August 3, 1999 was between 15.9 °C and 29.0 °C and averaged 22.0 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
February 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
August 2 » The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
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