The temperature on March 20, 1909 was between 4.3 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death May 1, 1967
The temperature on May 1, 1967 was between 2.6 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
May 30 » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
June 7 » Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
June 23 » Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
July 23 » Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings.
September 10 » The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
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