The temperature on November 25, 1909 was between -0.3 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death October 28, 1999
The temperature on October 28, 1999 was between 8.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » United States President Bill Clinton is acquitted by the United States Senate in his impeachment trial.
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 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
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