The temperature on October 2, 1924 was between 7.4 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
February 12 » George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled "An Experiment in Modern Music", in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
September 17 » The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
Day of death January 1, 2004
The temperature on January 1, 2004 was between -1.7 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
March 2 » War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
May 17 » The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts.
July 16 » Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
December 30 » A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.
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