The temperature on March 26, 1910 was between 1.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Day of death January 28, 1959
The temperature on January 28, 1959 was between -3.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
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