The temperature on September 23, 1909 was between 11.4 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
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.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death July 17, 1936
The temperature on July 17, 1936 was between 10.7 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
July 17 » Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
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