The temperature on December 3, 1911 was between 2.0 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of marriage March 5, 1936
The temperature on March 5, 1936 was between -0.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
March 8 » Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
August 31 » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
Day of death August 28, 1976
The temperature on August 28, 1976 was between 12.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 1 » Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
July 20 » The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars.
September 10 » A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
September 17 » The Space Shuttle Enterprise is unveiled by NASA.
October 6 » Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre.
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