The temperature on July 28, 1909 was between 8.5 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
Day of marriage April 7, 1955
The temperature on April 7, 1955 was between 7.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
Day of death February 6, 1989
The temperature on February 6, 1989 was between 8.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 3 » A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954.
February 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
May 2 » Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
July 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned.
September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
November 7 » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
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