The temperature on July 31, 1904 was between 16.1 °C and 27.5 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
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".
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of marriage April 19, 1928
The average temperature on April 19, 1928 was 3.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
Day of death February 2, 1968
The temperature on February 2, 1968 was between 1.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
March 17 » As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
August 1 » The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
September 2 » Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
Day of burial February 6, 1968
The temperature on February 6, 1968 was between 1.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
February 1 » Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.
July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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