The temperature on January 16, 1909 was between 1.2 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of death July 13, 2004
The temperature on July 13, 2004 was between 9.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (63%). 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, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
February 27 » Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.
June 1 » Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols is sentenced to 161 consecutive life terms without the possibility of a parole, breaking a Guinness World Record.
June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
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