The temperature on May 15, 1911 was between 9.2 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death April 27, 1949
The average temperature on April 27, 1949 was 8.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
April 7 » The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opened on Broadway; it would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
November 15 » Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
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