The temperature on January 12, 1904 was between 0.6 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of marriage February 24, 1926
The temperature on February 24, 1926 was between 7.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 21 » Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
May 22 » Chiang Kai-shek replaces the communists in Kuomintang China.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death February 2, 1956
The temperature on February 2, 1956 was between -17.4 °C and -6.3 °C and averaged -11.2 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
March 20 » Tunisia gains independence from France.
July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
December 6 » A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
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