The temperature on June 6, 1911 was between 13.0 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage October 12, 1935
The temperature on October 12, 1935 was between 5.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
May 25 » Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death January 11, 1971
The temperature on January 11, 1971 was between -0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
December 7 » Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
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