The temperature on September 8, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
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 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
Day of death October 18, 2000
The temperature on October 18, 2000 was between 4.5 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
June 16 » The Secretary-General of the UN reports that Israel has complied with United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, 22years after its issuance, and completely withdrew from Lebanon. The Resolution does not encompass the Shebaa farms, which is claimed by Israel, Syria and Lebanon.
July 17 » During approach to Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Alliance Air Flight 7412 suddenly crashes into a residential neighborhood in Patna, killing 60 people.
October 2 » The Rijndael algorithm is chosen by NIST as the AES standard.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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