The temperature on February 26, 1904 was between -2.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
Day of death June 17, 1962
The temperature on June 17, 1962 was between 9.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400km).
May 24 » Project Mercury: American astronaut Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
October 3 » Project Mercury: Wally Schirra in Sigma 7 launched from Cape Canaveral for a six-orbit flight.
December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
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