The temperature on July 26, 1909 was between 11.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of death May 20, 1996
The temperature on May 20, 1996 was between 3.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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January 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
February 10 » IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
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