The temperature on March 11, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage May 25, 1937
The temperature on May 25, 1937 was between 9.3 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death April 9, 1987
The temperature on April 9, 1987 was between 6.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
September 16 » The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
October 1 » The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
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