The temperature on September 9, 1904 was between 10.6 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of death January 11, 1990
The temperature on January 11, 1990 was between 4.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 10 » Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
March 21 » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
July 2 » In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca.
September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
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