The temperature on January 12, 1904 was between 0.2 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
December 7 » Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMSSpiteful and HMSPeterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
Day of death September 7, 1992
The temperature on September 7, 1992 was between 6.9 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » The current Constitution of Mongolia comes into effect.
February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
March 22 » USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
September 28 » A Pakistan International Airlines flight crashes into a hill in Nepal, killing all 167 passengers and crew.
November 20 » In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50million worth of damage.
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