The temperature on May 7, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
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.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
Day of marriage March 13, 1940
The temperature on March 13, 1940 was between 6.0 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 7 » World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.
June 11 » World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids.
September 19 » World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance movement.
November 9 » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
November 27 » In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
December 9 » World War II: Operation Compass: British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
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