The temperature on February 23, 1909 was between -2.3 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
Day of marriage May 10, 1933
The temperature on May 10, 1933 was between 7.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 9 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.
March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
March 31 » The Civilian Conservation Corps is established with the mission of relieving rampant unemployment in the United States.
April 4 » U.S. Navy airship USSAkron is wrecked off the New Jersey coast due to severe weather.
September 3 » Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Day of death September 24, 1999
The temperature on September 24, 1999 was between 13.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
September 7 » The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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