The temperature on February 20, 1911 was between 0.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of death January 27, 1956
The temperature on January 27, 1956 was between -1.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
September 13 » The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
November 22 » The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in Melbourne, Australia.
December 2 » The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
December 31 » The Romanian Television network begins its first broadcast in Bucharest.
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