The temperature on July 10, 1909 was between 10.8 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of marriage May 24, 1935
The temperature on May 24, 1935 was between 10.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death May 17, 1998
The temperature on May 17, 1998 was between 8.8 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 25 » A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka's Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others.
March 2 » Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
March 4 » Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
May 21 » President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule.
July 4 » Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
October 14 » Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.
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