The temperature on May 13, 1909 was between 1.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of marriage January 13, 1937
The temperature on January 13, 1937 was between 0.3 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death April 9, 1990
The temperature on April 9, 1990 was between -0.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
July 1 » German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.
July 16 » The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
November 12 » Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
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