The temperature on May 23, 1909 was between 8.8 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Day of death October 6, 1918
The temperature on October 6, 1918 was between 8.7 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
November 10 » The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.
November 11 » World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.
November 21 » A pogrom takes place in Lwów (now Lviv); over three days, at least 50 Jews and 270 Ukrainian Christians are killed by Poles.
November 26 » The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
December 14 » Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
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