The temperature on November 15, 1909 was between -1.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
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.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of marriage August 29, 1935
The temperature on August 29, 1935 was between 7.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death April 1, 1990
The temperature on April 1, 1990 was between 6.5 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
May 29 » The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
June 1 » Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production.
July 26 » The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
Day of burial April 5, 1990
The temperature on April 5, 1990 was between -2.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
March 21 » Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
April 7 » Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
October 28 » Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
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