The temperature on February 26, 1904 was between -2.6 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °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 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
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".
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
Day of marriage April 25, 1936
The temperature on April 25, 1936 was between 1.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 5 » Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death October 17, 1983
The temperature on October 17, 1983 was between 7.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 24 » A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
March 11 » Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
March 21 » The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
October 30 » The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
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