The temperature on May 7, 1904 was between 5.0 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of marriage April 20, 1928
The temperature on April 20, 1928 was between -0.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
Day of death December 21, 1995
The temperature on December 21, 1995 was between -3.9 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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July 6 » In the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica.
August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
October 16 » The Million Man March takes place in Washington, D.C. About 837,000 attended.
October 16 » The Skye Bridge in Scotland is opened.
December 7 » The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
December 20 » American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159.
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