The temperature on February 16, 1909 was between -1.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death March 10, 1950
The temperature on March 10, 1950 was between -0.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
June 24 » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races.
June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
November 8 » Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
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