The temperature on December 29, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of marriage April 10, 1931
The temperature on April 10, 1931 was between 5.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death April 17, 2009
The temperature on April 17, 2009 was between 8.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 31 » In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.
March 27 » The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
September 24 » The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
September 30 » The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
Day of burial April 22, 2009
The temperature on April 22, 2009 was between 5.3 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 8 » A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Costa Rica kills 15 people and injures 32.
January 15 » US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off.
April 10 » President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
August 10 » Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
December 30 » A suicide bomber kills nine people at Forward Operating Base Chapman, a key facility of the Central Intelligence Agency in Afghanistan.
December 31 » Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
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