The temperature on September 30, 1904 was between 9.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of death September 4, 2000
The temperature on September 4, 2000 was between 10.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 13 » Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981.
August 21 » Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in a calendar year.
September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 15 » A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
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