The temperature on August 30, 1909 was between 9.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of marriage April 24, 1935
The temperature on April 24, 1935 was between 6.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
Day of death November 5, 1979
The temperature on November 5, 1979 was between 6.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 14.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
February 20 » An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
May 25 » American Airlines Flight 191: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashes during takeoff at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, killing all 271 on board and two people on the ground.
June 18 » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
November 9 » Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
Day of burial November 8, 1979
The temperature on November 8, 1979 was between 4.5 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
January 16 » The last Iranian Shah flees Iran with his family for good and relocates to Egypt.
February 26 » The Superliner railcar enters revenue service with Amtrak.
June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
October 1 » The MTR, the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong, opens.
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