The temperature on November 30, 1911 was between 5.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
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 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage April 3, 1937
The temperature on April 3, 1937 was between 8.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
April 26 » Spanish Civil War: Guernica, Spain, is bombed by German Luftwaffe.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death December 25, 1969
The temperature on December 25, 1969 was between 2.5 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
April 17 » Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
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