The temperature on August 29, 1904 was between 8.7 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
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".
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of marriage May 4, 1931
The temperature on May 4, 1931 was between 5.3 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death December 25, 1974
The temperature on December 25, 1974 was between 3.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 17.9 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 2 » United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
January 6 » In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
July 23 » The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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