The temperature on October 9, 1904 was between 1.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
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 August 3, 1928
The temperature on August 3, 1928 was between 6.3 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
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