The temperature on January 15, 1909 was between -0.3 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
February 20 » Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
Day of marriage March 30, 1935
The temperature on March 30, 1935 was between -1.1 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
February 26 » Robert Watson-Watt carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom.
June 10 » Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
September 30 » The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
December 9 » The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded for the first time. The winner is halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
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