The temperature on May 9, 1904 was between 3.1 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Day of death April 28, 1961
The temperature on April 28, 1961 was between 8.8 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 8.9 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
April 25 » Robert Noyce is granted a patent for an integrated circuit.
June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
December 2 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
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