The temperature on April 20, 1904 was between 5.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
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 death October 7, 1999
The temperature on October 7, 1999 was between 4.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
May 3 » Infiltration of Pakistani soldiers on Indian side resulted into the kargil war.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
December 20 » Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
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