The temperature on September 6, 1909 was between 5.6 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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.
Day of death January 6, 1958
The temperature on January 6, 1958 was between 1.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
July 25 » The African Regroupment Party holds its first congress in Cotonou.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
November 28 » First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.
December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
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