The temperature on April 27, 1909 was between 9.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of marriage May 15, 1935
The temperature on May 15, 1935 was between 3.9 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 18.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
Day of death April 16, 1979
The temperature on April 16, 1979 was between 4.5 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
April 2 » A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
April 10 » Red River Valley tornado outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
June 12 » Bryan Allen wins the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross.
September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
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