The temperature on June 10, 1909 was between 5.6 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
Day of death January 18, 1974
The temperature on January 18, 1974 was between 8.2 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
September 18 » Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
October 8 » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
December 13 » Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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