Temperature extremes recorded On This Day in history throughtout the UK and other worldwide events
On This Day: 3 November
Posted 03-Nov-2009 at 06:00 by lancer
Maximum: 20.6oC - Aber, 1946
Minimum: -12.1oC - Stanton Downham, 1985
Average Max: 11.0oC
Average Min: 5.3oC
184.2mm rain falls at Trecastle, 1931
1394 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1679 - Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet
1706 - In Italy, a violent earthquake killed 15,000 inhabitants
1839 - First opium war - two British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1843 - The statue of Lord Admiral Nelson (17 feet high, weighing 16 tons) placed on column in Trafalgar Square
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills last victim
1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), first animal in orbit.
1984 - Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated
1985 - Two French secret service agents change pleas to 'guilty' over the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand's Auckland Harbour (who's the terrorist now?)
1991 - In the Australian Grand Prix, last race of the season, world champion Ayrton Senna wins
1997 - In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute
2000 - Widespread flooding occurs throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain
Minimum: -12.1oC - Stanton Downham, 1985
Average Max: 11.0oC
Average Min: 5.3oC
184.2mm rain falls at Trecastle, 1931
1394 - Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1679 - Great panic occurs in Europe over the close approach of a comet
1706 - In Italy, a violent earthquake killed 15,000 inhabitants
1839 - First opium war - two British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1843 - The statue of Lord Admiral Nelson (17 feet high, weighing 16 tons) placed on column in Trafalgar Square
1888 - Jack the Ripper kills last victim
1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), first animal in orbit.
1984 - Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated
1985 - Two French secret service agents change pleas to 'guilty' over the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand's Auckland Harbour (who's the terrorist now?)
1991 - In the Australian Grand Prix, last race of the season, world champion Ayrton Senna wins
1997 - In France, striking truck drivers blockade ports during a pay dispute
2000 - Widespread flooding occurs throughout England and Wales after days of heavy rain
Total Comments 1
Comments
-
GB / Europe focus is great Lance
but how did they get Nelson up there? 
Posted 03-Nov-2009 at 13:32 by Straw walker 
