The temperature on October 9, 1909 was between 4.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
Day of death August 18, 1958
The temperature on August 18, 1958 was between 13.8 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
February 22 » Egypt and Syria join to form the United Arab Republic.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
December 30 » The Guatemalan Air Force sinks several Mexican fishing boats alleged to have breached maritime borders, killing three and sparking international tension.
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