The temperature on February 8, 1909 was between -5.1 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
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 May 11, 1934
The temperature on May 11, 1934 was between 9.2 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
Day of death August 15, 1968
The temperature on August 15, 1968 was between 11.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
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