The temperature on November 26, 1910 was between -5.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -2.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
Day of marriage October 15, 1931
The temperature on October 15, 1931 was between 5.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
September 18 » The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
November 7 » The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death February 23, 1992
The temperature on February 23, 1992 was between -0.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
April 6 » The Bosnian War begins.
July 23 » Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
October 2 » Military police storm the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil during a prison riot. The resulting massacre leaves 111 prisoners dead.
October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
November 20 » In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50million worth of damage.
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