The temperature on April 14, 1911 was between -4.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of death February 18, 2000
The temperature on February 18, 2000 was between 0.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.
May 2 » President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
October 31 » Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
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