The temperature on April 1, 1904 was between 3.9 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
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 marriage May 8, 1936
The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
Day of death May 1, 1997
The temperature on May 1, 1997 was between 2.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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