The temperature on August 7, 1909 was between 12.2 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of death January 23, 1968
The temperature on January 23, 1968 was between -0.2 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 23 » Vietnam War: Student protesters at Columbia University in New York City take over administration buildings and shut down the university.
July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
September 30 » The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
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