The temperature on June 28, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death August 29, 1941
The temperature on August 29, 1941 was between 11.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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 5 » 37-year-old pilot Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.
January 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
January 25 » Pope Pius XII elevates the Apostolic Vicariate of the Hawaiian Islands to the dignity of a diocese. It becomes the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu.
August 29 » World War II: Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
December 9 » World War II: The American 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.
December 11 » World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
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