The temperature on September 8, 1911 was between 8.8 °C and 29.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
Day of marriage April 21, 1941
The temperature on April 21, 1941 was between 3.8 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 4 » World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
March 11 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
July 16 » Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record.
August 15 » Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
October 2 » World War II: In Operation Typhoon, the Wehrmacht attempts to capture Moscow before the onset of winter.
October 29 » The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action".
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