The temperature on July 16, 1904 was between 13.6 °C and 25.3 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
June 15 » A fire aboard the steamboat SSGeneral Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
Day of marriage June 10, 1934
The temperature on June 10, 1934 was between 6.8 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 14.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
Day of death August 4, 1987
The temperature on August 4, 1987 was between 7.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 6 » The British ferry MSHerald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
August 31 » Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
September 16 » The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
November 18 » King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
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