The temperature on July 20, 1904 was between 7.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
November 16 » English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death March 9, 1988
The temperature on March 9, 1988 was between -1.9 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 16 » Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5,000 people and injuring about 10,000 people.
May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
September 7 » Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan in space, returns to Earth after nine days on the Mir space station.
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
December 8 » A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
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