The temperature on December 18, 1909 was between 0.5 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
Day of death August 17, 1992
The temperature on August 17, 1992 was between 12.4 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 6 » President of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia flees the country as a result of the military coup.
February 29 » First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
May 7 » Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.
July 31 » The nation of Georgia joins the United Nations.
October 4 » El Al Flight 1862 crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.
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