The temperature on January 17, 1904 was between -1.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
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.
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".
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
Day of death December 6, 1926
The temperature on December 6, 1926 was between -1.8 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
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