The temperature on April 20, 1909 was between 7.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
Day of marriage September 23, 1937
The temperature on September 23, 1937 was between 4.8 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
Day of death August 17, 1997
The temperature on August 17, 1997 was between 14.9 °C and 28.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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February 11 » Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
February 28 » An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
April 22 » Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeria where 93 villagers are killed.
July 19 » The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army resumes a ceasefire to end their 25-year paramilitary campaign to end British rule in Northern Ireland.
August 25 » Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
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