The temperature on February 3, 1926 was between 6.9 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
August 6 » Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death February 28, 2001
The temperature on February 28, 2001 was between 1.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.
March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
March 23 » The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
November 30 » Gary Ridgway is apprehended and charged with four murders as the Green River Killer.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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