The temperature on February 28, 1904 was between -5.6 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
Day of marriage November 10, 1937
The temperature on November 10, 1937 was between 1.8 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death September 26, 1967
The temperature on September 26, 1967 was between 15.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
April 23 » Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
May 17 » Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
May 27 » The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSJohn F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
December 13 » Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
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