The temperature on January 17, 1904 was between -1.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Day of marriage May 16, 1936
The temperature on May 16, 1936 was between 10.9 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 28 » Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
Day of death November 2, 1940
The temperature on November 2, 1940 was between 6.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 7 » Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
September 14 » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
November 22 » World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.
November 23 » World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
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