The temperature on May 19, 1909 was between 4.4 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
November 18 » Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
Day of marriage January 11, 1936
The temperature on January 11, 1936 was between 3.9 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Day of death February 23, 1965
The temperature on February 23, 1965 was between 1.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
September 21 » The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
September 22 » The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
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