The temperature on April 1, 1909 was between -0.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage May 22, 1934
The temperature on May 22, 1934 was between 11.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
Day of death January 22, 1993
The temperature on January 22, 1993 was between 6.4 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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.
January 7 » Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.
March 27 » Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
June 5 » Portions of the Holbeck Hall Hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK, fall into the sea following a landslide.
July 22 » Great Flood of 1993: Levees near Kaskaskia, Illinois rupture, forcing the entire town to evacuate by barges operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.
September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
September 24 » The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
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