The temperature on May 30, 1904 was between 12.4 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
Day of marriage October 6, 1926
The temperature on October 6, 1926 was between 7.5 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
Day of death May 15, 1996
The temperature on May 15, 1996 was between 3.8 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
July 15 » A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.
September 5 » Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
October 2 » Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
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