The temperature on July 24, 1909 was between 11.3 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
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 June 4, 2005
The temperature on June 4, 2005 was between 11.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 14 » In Beirut, 23 people, including former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, are killed when the equivalent of around 1,000kg of TNT is detonated while Hariri's motorcade drives through the city.
February 16 » The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
June 30 » MTV Canada is rebranded as Razer
July 20 » The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada.
August 3 » President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.
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