The temperature on October 9, 1904 was between 1.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
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.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
Day of marriage December 21, 1936
The temperature on December 21, 1936 was between -1.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
November 3 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.
December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
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