The temperature on July 17, 1909 was between 13.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death February 10, 1910
The temperature on February 10, 1910 was between -1.0 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
November 21 » Sailors on board Brazil's warships including the Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Bahia, violently rebel in what is now known as the Revolta da Chibata (Revolt of the Lash).
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