The temperature on January 21, 1904 was between -3.5 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of death September 25, 1999
The temperature on September 25, 1999 was between 12.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 3 » The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 +/- 20mph (484 +/- 32km/h).
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
December 20 » Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
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