The temperature on August 28, 1904 was between 7.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of marriage September 16, 1935
The temperature on September 16, 1935 was between 11.0 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death February 4, 1966
The temperature on February 4, 1966 was between 4.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
November 13 » In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.
December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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