The temperature on January 31, 1930 was between -0.9 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
April 6 » At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
Day of death July 14, 1953
The temperature on July 14, 1953 was between 13.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 24.3 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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