The temperature on December 18, 1904 was between 2.8 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
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.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of marriage June 20, 1928
The temperature on June 20, 1928 was between 7.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
September 28 » Alexander Fleming notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
Day of death July 9, 1971
The temperature on July 9, 1971 was between 14.3 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 22.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
November 15 » Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
December 2 » Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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