The temperature on June 27, 1904 was between 6.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of death February 22, 1971
The temperature on February 22, 1971 was between 1.9 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
January 25 » Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
February 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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