The temperature on September 10, 1909 was between 9.7 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
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 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of marriage April 8, 1925
The temperature on April 8, 1925 was between 5.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
February 2 » Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.
April 16 » During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
July 18 » Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.
November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
Day of death December 28, 1991
The temperature on December 28, 1991 was between 5.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
January 29 » Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
April 10 » Italian ferry MSMoby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy, killing 140.
August 17 » Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
September 9 » Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
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