Hughes tree » Joseph Jones Rigby (± 1859-1934)

Day of death November 13, 1934

• The temperature on November 13, 1934 was between 1.4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • 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 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
  • June 19 » The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
  • December 1 » In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is assassinated. Stalin uses the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.

Source: Wikipedia

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