The temperature on May 30, 1911 was between 13.6 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
Day of marriage August 23, 1934
The temperature on August 23, 1934 was between 9.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
October 16 » Chinese Communists begin the Long March to escape Nationalist encirclement.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
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