The temperature on February 19, 1910 was between 4.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
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 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
Day of marriage March 27, 1937
The temperature on March 27, 1937 was between -1.8 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
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