The temperature on October 15, 1910 was between 3.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
January 15 » Construction ends on the Buffalo Bill Dam in Wyoming, United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at 325ft (99m).
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Day of death April 16, 1961
The temperature on April 16, 1961 was between 8.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
September 1 » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
October 30 » The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
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