The temperature on December 1, 1911 was between 0.2 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
Day of marriage September 16, 1936
The temperature on September 16, 1936 was between 9.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
February 29 » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
Day of death April 18, 2004
The temperature on April 18, 2004 was between 6.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
April 21 » Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160.
May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
November 22 » The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
December 5 » The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
Day of burial April 23, 2004
The temperature on April 23, 2004 was between 2.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 24 » The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
June 28 » Iraq War: Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.
August 13 » One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
November 6 » An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
November 22 » The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.
November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
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