The temperature on October 4, 1910 was between 9.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
Day of death August 31, 1999
The temperature on August 31, 1999 was between 10.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
April 20 » Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado.
May 1 » SpongeBob SquarePants premieres on Nickelodeon.
May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
December 21 » The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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