The temperature on February 14, 1935 was between 5.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
December 17 » First flight of the Douglas DC-3.
Day of death July 31, 2011
The temperature on July 31, 2011 was between 8.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 27 » Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in Sana'a.
February 11 » Arab Spring: The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 17 days of protests.
February 22 » Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people march in protest against the deaths of seven victims killed by police and army forces during previous protests.
April 19 » Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.
September 12 » The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.
November 8 » The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
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