The temperature on November 17, 1904 was between 1.8 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
Day of marriage May 20, 1938
The temperature on May 20, 1938 was between 2.3 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
June 25 » Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
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