The temperature on November 15, 1909 was between -1.8 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
October 16 » William Howard Taft and Porfirio Díaz hold the first summit between a U.S. and a Mexican president. They narrowly escape assassination.
December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Day of marriage August 12, 1937
The temperature on August 12, 1937 was between 13.3 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
December 29 » The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
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