The temperature on April 20, 1909 was between 7.5 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
Day of marriage February 19, 1946
The temperature on February 19, 1946 was between 6.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
March 6 » Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
April 18 » The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.
August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
October 13 » France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
December 25 » The first European self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction is initiated within the Soviet Union's F-1 nuclear reactor.
Day of death August 5, 1960
The temperature on August 5, 1960 was between 12.2 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
May 13 » Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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