The temperature on October 24, 1910 was between 2.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
April 29 » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
October 11 » Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
Day of death June 5, 1964
The temperature on June 5, 1964 was between 8.9 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
August 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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