The temperature on November 9, 1931 was between 3.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 3 » The Hawke's Bay earthquake, New Zealand's worst natural disaster, kills 258.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
Day of marriage September 18, 1958
The temperature on September 18, 1958 was between 9.1 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Gamal Abdel Nasser is nominated to be the first president of the United Arab Republic.
February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
July 1 » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
Day of death July 1, 1974
The temperature on July 1, 1974 was between 13.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
September 1 » The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353km/h).
October 30 » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Zaire.
November 20 » The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System.
November 24 » Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
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