The temperature on April 9, 1904 was between 5.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
Day of marriage April 6, 1929
The temperature on April 6, 1929 was between -2.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
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.
January 6 » King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes suspends his country's constitution (the January 6th Dictatorship).
May 15 » A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
August 24 » Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city.
November 29 » U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.
Day of death December 16, 1957
The temperature on December 16, 1957 was between -10.1 °C and -3.2 °C and averaged -7.4 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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