The temperature on September 4, 1911 was between 5.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of death August 31, 2003
The temperature on August 31, 2003 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
August 10 » The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.
August 19 » A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
October 17 » Taipei 101, a 101-floor skyscraper in Taipei, becomes the world's tallest highrise.
October 19 » Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
November 15 » The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300.
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