The temperature on January 9, 1926 was between 0.4 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
May 4 » The United Kingdom general strike begins.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of death July 4, 2008
The temperature on July 4, 2008 was between 9.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 24 » Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
May 2 » Chaitén Volcano begins erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people.
June 27 » In a highly scrutinized election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.
July 10 » Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all war-crimes charges by a United Nations Tribunal.
August 18 » War of Afghanistan: Uzbin Valley ambush occurs.
September 28 » Falcon 1 becomes the first privately developed liquid-fuel ground-launched vehicle to put a payload into orbit.
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