The temperature on December 20, 1904 was between -2.4 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of death January 27, 1971
The temperature on January 27, 1971 was between 5.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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