The temperature on May 14, 1934 was between 2.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
March 24 » United States Congress passes the Tydings-McDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
July 25 » The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of marriage May 15, 1955
The temperature on May 15, 1955 was between 4.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
Day of death November 27, 1958
The temperature on November 27, 1958 was between 5.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
March 26 » The United States Army launches Explorer 3.
April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
May 15 » The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
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