The temperature on April 2, 1909 was between -2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
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.
Day of marriage January 24, 1936
The temperature on January 24, 1936 was between 0.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
Day of death September 13, 1992
The temperature on September 13, 1992 was between 8.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
February 7 » The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
April 5 » Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.
July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
August 12 » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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