The temperature on October 24, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of marriage August 5, 1931
The temperature on August 5, 1931 was between 16.7 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
March 26 » Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is founded in Vietnam.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
Day of death June 12, 1999
The temperature on June 12, 1999 was between 8.3 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
November 2 » Xerox murders: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
December 2 » The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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