The temperature on July 25, 1910 was between 11.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 30.6 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
July 4 » The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
October 14 » English aviator Claude Grahame-White lands his aircraft on Executive Avenue near the White House in Washington, D.C.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Day of death December 7, 2001
The temperature on December 7, 2001 was between -2.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
September 3 » In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls. For the next 11 weeks, riot police escort the schoolchildren and their parents through hundreds of protesters, some of whom hurl missiles and abuse. The protest sparks fierce rioting and grabs world headlines.
September 12 » Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
September 20 » In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror".
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Day of burial December 12, 2001
The temperature on December 12, 2001 was between 2.7 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 7 » Mars Odyssey is launched.
May 6 » During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque.
July 4 » Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
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