The temperature on January 18, 1910 was between 2.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
October 1 » A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
December 21 » An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
Day of marriage November 24, 1933
The temperature on November 24, 1933 was between 2.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 30 » Adolf Hitler is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.
March 6 » Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
May 27 » The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
August 7 » The Kingdom of Iraq slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as Martyrs Day or National Day of Mourning by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.
November 15 » Thailand has its first election.
December 5 » The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
Day of death November 7, 1974
The temperature on November 7, 1974 was between -1.1 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
March 8 » Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
November 23 » Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.
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