The temperature on September 25, 1904 was between 2.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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.
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
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 death August 31, 1935
The temperature on August 31, 1935 was between 13.0 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
May 29 » First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
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