The temperature on February 3, 1909 was between 3.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
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 April 4, 1993
The temperature on April 4, 1993 was between 1.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 20 » Bill Clinton is inaugurated the 42nd President of the United States of America.
March 11 » Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
April 8 » The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.
April 23 » Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately four weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
November 17 » In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
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