The temperature on April 29, 1911 was between 5.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of marriage May 20, 1936
The temperature on May 20, 1936 was between 8.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
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