The temperature on September 11, 1909 was between 12.0 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
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.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of death February 17, 2001
The temperature on February 17, 2001 was between 0.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
August 25 » American singer Aaliyah and several members of her record company are killed as their overloaded aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from Marsh Harbour Airport, Bahamas.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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