The temperature on October 29, 1923 was between 6.1 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
October 29 » Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death February 3, 1960
The temperature on February 3, 1960 was between 5.3 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
May 3 » The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
July 1 » Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its head of state.
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
November 28 » Mauritania becomes independent of France.
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