The temperature on January 26, 1909 was between -8.8 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
Day of death March 13, 2001
The temperature on March 13, 2001 was between 3.7 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
March 4 » BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
September 2 » The adult-oriented television block Adult Swim debuts on Cartoon Network.
September 18 » First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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