Washington, Births, 1883-1935, Ancestry.com, Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Births, 1891-1919; Film Info: Various county birth registers. Microfilm / Ancestry.com
1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1920; Census Place: Tacoma Ward 2, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T625_1936; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 253; Image: 649 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on June 26, 1913 was between 9.9 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
February 20 » King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
Day of marriage December 31, 1933
The temperature on December 31, 1933 was between -1.2 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
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.
January 28 » The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
February 15 » In Miami, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
February 28 » Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
September 12 » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
November 17 » The United States recognizes the Soviet Union.
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