The temperature on October 28, 1904 was between 2.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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 May 21, 1931
The temperature on May 21, 1931 was between 7.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
Day of death May 28, 1978
The temperature on May 28, 1978 was between 9.8 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
November 14 » France conducts the Aphrodite nuclear test as 25th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests.
November 27 » In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
Day of burial June 1, 1978
The temperature on June 1, 1978 was between 13.4 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
May 1 » Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
June 9 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opens its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men.
October 21 » Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
December 11 » The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
December 22 » The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
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