The temperature on March 27, 1909 was between 0.2 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
September 7 » Eugène Lefebvre crashes a new French-built Wright biplane during a test flight at Juvisy, south of Paris, becoming the first aviator in the world to lose his life in a powered heavier-than-air craft.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of marriage February 18, 1933
The temperature on February 18, 1933 was between -4.0 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
February 17 » Newsweek magazine is first published.
February 28 » Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
April 24 » Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
July 8 » The first rugby union test match between the Wallabies of Australia and the Springboks of South Africa is played at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town.
October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
Day of death February 20, 1968
The temperature on February 20, 1968 was between -1.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
September 6 » Swaziland becomes independent.
October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
November 27 » Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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