The temperature on March 4, 1909 was between -5.2 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
Day of death July 15, 1928
The temperature on July 15, 1928 was between 11.6 °C and 30.7 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
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