The temperature on August 23, 1910 was between 8.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 12 » SMSZrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Day of marriage July 30, 1941
The temperature on July 30, 1941 was between 12.4 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 9 » World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy, is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
April 16 » World War II: The Italian-German Tarigo convoy is attacked and destroyed by British ships.
July 7 » The US occupation of Iceland replaces the UK's occupation.
September 27 » The SSPatrick Henry is launched, becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
December 10 » World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
December 12 » World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
Day of death September 9, 1960
The temperature on September 9, 1960 was between 8.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
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