The temperature on April 2, 1911 was between 4.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of death July 17, 2001
The temperature on July 17, 2001 was between 8.6 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
April 1 » Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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