January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
March 23 » Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by the forces of General Frederick Funston.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of death August 10, 1955
The temperature on August 10, 1955 was between 9.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
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