The temperature on December 2, 1909 was between 2.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
Day of death April 16, 1974
The temperature on April 16, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (93%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
March 3 » Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
April 3 » The 1974 Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the 2011 Super Outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
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