The temperature on May 5, 1910 was between 2.9 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
June 2 » Charles Rolls, a co-founder of Rolls-Royce Limited, becomes the first man to make a non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by plane.
June 19 » The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
August 20 » Extremely dry and windy weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes several small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3million acres (12,000km) and killing 87 people.
October 6 » Eleftherios Venizelos is elected prime minister of Greece for the first of seven times.
Day of marriage September 29, 1939
The temperature on September 29, 1939 was between 6.2 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 17 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins.
August 31 » Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
September 1 » World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
October 14 » World War II: The German submarineU-47 sinks the British battleship HMSRoyal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
December 12 » HMSDuchess sinks after a collision with HMSBarham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
Day of death February 19, 1971
The temperature on February 19, 1971 was between -2.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
November 14 » Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars.
Day of burial February 24, 1971
The temperature on February 24, 1971 was between -0.1 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
September 3 » Qatar becomes an independent state.
November 10 » In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
November 23 » Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
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