The temperature on June 1, 1904 was between 11.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
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 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of marriage May 26, 1928
The temperature on May 26, 1928 was between 4.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
November 15 » The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
Day of death September 24, 1980
The temperature on September 24, 1980 was between 8.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
March 14 » LOT Flight 7 crashes during final approach near Warsaw, Poland, killing 87 people, including a 14-man American boxing team.
April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
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