The temperature on December 17, 1910 was between 6.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
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.
Day of death April 25, 2001
The temperature on April 25, 2001 was between 6.9 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
January 16 » US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish–American War.
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
October 17 » Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi becomes the first Israeli minister to be assassinated in a terrorist attack.
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