The temperature on March 22, 1904 was between 0.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of marriage December 16, 1948
The temperature on December 16, 1948 was between 3.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 1 » The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.
January 30 » British South American Airways' Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears over the Bermuda Triangle.
May 18 » The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking.
May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
Day of death January 8, 2001
The temperature on January 8, 2001 was between 1.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
September 10 » Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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