The temperature on January 30, 1911 was between -4.7 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of marriage June 2, 1937
The temperature on June 2, 1937 was between 5.5 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death May 18, 1999
The temperature on May 18, 1999 was between 10.5 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 19 » British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
April 5 » Two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 are handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands.
April 18 » Wayne Gretzky, the National Hockey League's all-time points scorer, plays his final game at Madison Square Garden as a teammate of the New York Rangers in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gretzky recorded his final career point, an assist, bringing his career point total to 2,857.
May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
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