The temperature on April 13, 1909 was between 5.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
Day of marriage May 5, 1933
The temperature on May 5, 1933 was between 9.7 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.
January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
February 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
February 5 » Mutiny on Royal Netherlands Navy warship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën off the coast of Sumatra, Dutch East Indies.
February 20 » The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
December 17 » The first NFL Championship Game is played. The game was at Wrigley Field between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. The Bears won 23–21.
Day of death October 16, 1971
The temperature on October 16, 1971 was between 2.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
Day of burial October 20, 1971
The temperature on October 20, 1971 was between 9.0 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
January 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
November 21 » Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.
December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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