The temperature on April 9, 1910 was between 1.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
Day of marriage February 29, 1936
The temperature on February 29, 1936 was between 0.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
August 3 » Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
November 25 » In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
December 13 » An annular solar eclipse occurred and was visible from Australia, New Zealand on December 14th (Monday), and Oeno Island in Pitcairn Islands on December 13th (Sunday).
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Day of death March 12, 2001
The temperature on March 12, 2001 was between 4.4 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
July 2 » The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
December 13 » Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
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