The temperature on March 9, 1904 was between 3.9 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
Day of marriage May 25, 1923
The temperature on May 25, 1923 was between 0.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
September 7 » The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) is formed.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Day of death July 12, 1970
The temperature on July 12, 1970 was between 10.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
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