The temperature on April 14, 1909 was between 4.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of marriage September 30, 1931
The temperature on September 30, 1931 was between 4.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.
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