The temperature on January 9, 1911 was between 2.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of death July 21, 1997
The temperature on July 21, 1997 was between 15.7 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 18.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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May 16 » Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
June 12 » Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
July 4 » NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
August 3 » Oued El-Had and Mezouara massacre in Algeria: A total of 116 villagers killed, 40 in Oued El-Had and 76 in Mezouara.
August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
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