The temperature on December 21, 1904 was between -2.8 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of marriage November 11, 1936
The temperature on November 11, 1936 was between 3.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
Day of death November 9, 1967
The temperature on November 9, 1967 was between -2.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
May 17 » Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
June 26 » Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI.
July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
October 9 » A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
December 17 » Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
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