The temperature on October 15, 1909 was between 7.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
March 31 » Serbia formally withdraws its opposition to Austro-Hungarian actions in the Bosnian Crisis.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
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 April 16, 1931
The temperature on April 16, 1931 was between 5.2 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
March 3 » The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
October 21 » A secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
Day of death October 13, 1988
The temperature on October 13, 1988 was between 7.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 27 » Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
May 15 » Soviet–Afghan War: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
October 27 » Cold War: Ronald Reagan suspends construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow due to Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
December 9 » The Michael Hughes Bridge in Sligo, Ireland, is officially opened.
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