The temperature on February 4, 1909 was between 5.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
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 marriage November 19, 1927
The temperature on November 19, 1927 was between -1.0 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
Day of death July 10, 1988
The temperature on July 10, 1988 was between 11.3 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
November 16 » The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
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