The temperature on April 11, 1904 was between 1.3 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of death February 13, 1938
The temperature on February 13, 1938 was between -1.0 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
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