The temperature on July 16, 1909 was between 12.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
Day of death December 17, 2001
The temperature on December 17, 2001 was between -5.7 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
October 4 » Siberia Airlines Flight 1812 crashes after being struck by an errant Ukrainian missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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