The temperature on October 3, 1911 was between 4.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of death January 15, 1963
The temperature on January 15, 1963 was between -9.1 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -3.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
August 8 » The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union.
August 15 » President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
November 1 » The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
December 8 » Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
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