The temperature on October 6, 1904 was between 8.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
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.
May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
Day of death November 18, 1960
The temperature on November 18, 1960 was between 6.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
August 15 » Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
October 29 » In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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