The temperature on October 9, 1934 was between 4.9 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.2 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
May 23 » The Auto-Lite strike culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the Ohio National Guard and 6,000 picketers.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of marriage May 2, 1958
The temperature on May 2, 1958 was between 5.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
September 12 » Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
Day of death September 2, 1968
The temperature on September 2, 1968 was between 14.0 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
April 4 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
November 1 » The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with the ratings G, M, R, and X.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
Day of burial September 6, 1968
The temperature on September 6, 1968 was between 8.3 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 1 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
December 11 » The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London.
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