The temperature on June 5, 1911 was between 11.6 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of marriage April 6, 1935
The temperature on April 6, 1935 was between -0.2 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
June 12 » A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
December 12 » Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
Day of death October 23, 1966
The temperature on October 23, 1966 was between 7.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
February 2 » Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
February 4 » All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
February 23 » In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
June 13 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them.
September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
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