The temperature on December 12, 1904 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
May 9 » The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100mph (160km/h).
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
Day of marriage March 19, 1930
The temperature on March 19, 1930 was between 2.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 18 » Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing aircraft and also the first cow to be milked in an aircraft.
February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
April 28 » The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
Day of death January 14, 1943
The temperature on January 14, 1943 was between 0.9 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain during 10.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 11 » Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
July 28 » World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
August 27 » World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
November 15 » The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
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