The average temperature on February 9, 1924 was 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of marriage September 25, 1947
The temperature on September 25, 1947 was between 4.0 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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