The temperature on August 8, 1910 was between 13.6 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Day of death July 1, 1999
The temperature on July 1, 1999 was between 12.1 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 29 » A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
May 7 » Kosovo War: Three Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded when a NATO aircraft apparently inadvertently bombs the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Serbia.
October 12 » Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.
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