The temperature on September 28, 1909 was between 9.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
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 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 death March 4, 1910
The temperature on March 4, 1910 was between 0.3 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
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