The temperature on January 5, 1909 was between -0.2 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
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.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
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.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
Day of marriage September 12, 1934
The temperature on September 12, 1934 was between 13.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of death November 2, 1968
The temperature on November 2, 1968 was between 11.0 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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