The temperature on April 7, 1935 was between -1.4 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.
May 27 » New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495).
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
Day of death January 12, 1961
The temperature on January 12, 1961 was between -4.1 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
May 30 » The long-time Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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