The temperature on August 4, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
Day of death May 4, 1967
The temperature on May 4, 1967 was between 2.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
January 23 » Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.
March 12 » Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
June 8 » Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
September 1 » The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
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