The temperature on July 23, 1909 was between 11.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage April 4, 1934
The temperature on April 4, 1934 was between 2.7 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
Day of death December 25, 2005
The temperature on December 25, 2005 was between 1.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 6 » American Civil Rights Movement: Edgar Ray Killen is indicted for the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
February 22 » The 6.4 Mw Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman Province of Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 612 people dead and 1,411 injured.
May 13 » Andijan uprising, Uzbekistan; Troops open fire on crowds of protestors after a prison break; at least 187 people were killed according to official estimates.
August 17 » The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
October 22 » Bellview Airlines Flight 210 crashes in Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
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