The temperature on August 30, 1904 was between 11.1 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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 September 3, 1931
The temperature on September 3, 1931 was between 11.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
November 22 » Al-Mina'a SC is founded in Iraq.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death February 7, 1980
The temperature on February 7, 1980 was between 3.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 7 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.
July 1 » "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
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