The temperature on August 29, 1909 was between 8.5 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
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 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Day of marriage July 4, 1935
The temperature on July 4, 1935 was between 13.0 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death April 10, 1991
The temperature on April 10, 1991 was between 3.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 19 » Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
February 9 » Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
December 8 » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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