The temperature on June 12, 1911 was between 1.8 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of marriage August 21, 1936
The temperature on August 21, 1936 was between 12.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
May 26 » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
July 11 » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
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