The temperature on March 8, 1910 was between -0.7 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
October 20 » The hull of the RMSOlympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
Day of death August 26, 1997
The temperature on August 26, 1997 was between 17.2 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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June 16 » Fifty people are killed in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria.
July 2 » The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis.
July 10 » Miguel Ángel Blanco, a member of Partido Popular (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests.
July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
December 22 » Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
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