The temperature on December 28, 1909 was between 7.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage June 4, 1936
The temperature on June 4, 1936 was between 6.9 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 16.1 mm of rain during 10.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
June 15 » First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Day of death January 2, 1978
The temperature on January 2, 1978 was between 2.7 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
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