The temperature on April 30, 1911 was between 4.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
Day of death January 28, 2005
The temperature on January 28, 2005 was between 0.6 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
July 26 » Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17inches) within 24 hours, resulting in floods killing over 5,000 people.
August 2 » Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
August 19 » The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
September 24 » Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
November 9 » Suicide bombers attack three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
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