The temperature on January 10, 1910 was between 6.7 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
Day of death April 17, 1974
The temperature on April 17, 1974 was between 2.6 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
March 29 » NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
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