The temperature on October 2, 1904 was between 6.3 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
Day of marriage September 4, 1930
The temperature on September 4, 1930 was between 5.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 6 » The first diesel-powered automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York, New York.
February 10 » The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launches the failed Yên Bái mutiny in hope to overthrow French protectorate over Vietnam.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
May 7 » The 7.1 Mw Salmas earthquake shakes northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to three-thousand people were killed.
August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
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