The temperature on February 14, 1904 was between 3.7 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
October 20 » Chile and Bolivia sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, delimiting the border between the two countries.
October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
Day of marriage May 18, 1932
The temperature on May 18, 1932 was between 6.9 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
April 24 » Benny Rothman leads the mass trespass of Kinder Scout, leading to substantial legal reforms in the United Kingdom.
May 12 » Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindberghs' home.
June 4 » Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
July 9 » The state of São Paulo revolts against the Brazilian Federal Government, starting the Constitutionalist Revolution.
November 3 » Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of death December 27, 1992
The temperature on December 27, 1992 was between -1.4 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 22 » Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
February 4 » A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
February 26 » Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces open fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead.
March 1 » Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
April 22 » In a series of explosions in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people are killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless.
July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
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