The temperature on September 5, 1909 was between 6.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
Day of death December 4, 1988
The temperature on December 4, 1988 was between 6.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 14 » In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.
May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
October 12 » Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
November 15 » In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
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