The temperature on October 22, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage May 14, 1938
The temperature on May 14, 1938 was between 8.1 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 27 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
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