The temperature on February 16, 1909 was between -1.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
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 marriage March 4, 1927
The temperature on March 4, 1927 was between 4.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Day of death October 7, 1963
The temperature on October 7, 1963 was between 3.4 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 19 » The publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women's organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
September 7 » The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
November 29 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
December 7 » Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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