The temperature on March 21, 1911 was between 0.7 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of marriage August 11, 1934
The temperature on August 11, 1934 was between 10.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, creating a political crisis in France.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
August 19 » The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
November 23 » An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.
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