The temperature on July 29, 1911 was between 17.5 °C and 30.4 °C and averaged 24.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage April 14, 1938
The temperature on April 14, 1938 was between 7.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
March 3 » Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
June 11 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
Day of death July 8, 2002
The temperature on July 8, 2002 was between 11.0 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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.
January 8 » President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
January 27 » An explosion at a military storage facility in Lagos, Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
May 24 » Russia and the United States sign the Moscow Treaty.
June 24 » The Igandu train disaster in Tanzania kills 281, the worst train accident in African history.
July 2 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
November 19 » The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.
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