The temperature on November 5, 1934 was between 4.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 19 » Zveno and the Bulgarian Army engineer a coup d'état and install Kimon Georgiev as the new Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
Day of death October 21, 1963
The temperature on October 21, 1963 was between 8.9 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 26 » In Libya, amendments to the constitution transform Libya (United Kingdom of Libya) into one national unity (Kingdom of Libya) and allows for female participation in elections.
June 5 » The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal known as the "Profumo affair".
July 24 » The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
October 3 » A violent coup in Honduras begins two decades of military rule.
December 21 » "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
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