1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1940; Census Place: Township 4 Range 4, Custer, South Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-03853; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 17-39 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on March 31, 1933 was between 3.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
July 6 » The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2.
July 22 » Aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City, completing the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 hours and 49 minutes.
September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
November 8 » Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Day of marriage November 9, 1949
The temperature on November 9, 1949 was between -0.2 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
March 31 » The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
June 8 » George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
December 27 » Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
Day of death July 14, 2003
The temperature on July 14, 2003 was between 13.6 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 15.1 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 18 » Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
April 7 » U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime falls two days later.
April 16 » The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens admitting ten new member states to the European Union.
June 5 » A severe heat wave across Pakistan and India reaches its peak, as temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F) in the region.
September 14 » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
December 25 » The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe, released from the Mars Express spacecraft on December 19, stops transmitting shortly before its scheduled landing.
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