The temperature on March 23, 1909 was between 2.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
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 marriage April 18, 1935
The temperature on April 18, 1935 was between 1.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death March 23, 1987
The temperature on March 23, 1987 was between 4.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain during 15.6 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 26 » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
December 7 » Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
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