The temperature on January 27, 1909 was between -8.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Day of marriage April 18, 1935
The temperature on April 18, 1935 was between 1.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 26 » Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
Day of death November 9, 2001
The temperature on November 9, 2001 was between -2.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
December 2 » Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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