The temperature on August 18, 1904 was between 8.3 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 17 » Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
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 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
Day of marriage May 18, 1928
The temperature on May 18, 1928 was between 3.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 12 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
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