The temperature on May 30, 1909 was between 9.2 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death July 2, 1960
The temperature on July 2, 1960 was between 8.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
June 26 » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
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