The temperature on January 8, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
Day of death May 23, 1964
The temperature on May 23, 1964 was between 10.6 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
April 7 » IBM announces the System/360.
May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
October 14 » The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary" request to retire from his offices.
October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
December 5 » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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