March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
Day of marriage April 18, 1931
The temperature on April 18, 1931 was between -1.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
October 17 » Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
Day of death January 11, 1966
The temperature on January 11, 1966 was between -7.0 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
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