The temperature on October 13, 1909 was between 9.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
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 death January 16, 1999
The temperature on January 16, 1999 was between 5.0 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 11.3 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
August 17 » The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
October 27 » Gunmen open fire in the Armenian Parliament, killing the Prime Minister and seven others.
November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
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