1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1910; Census Place: Gettysburg, Graham, Kansas; Roll: T624_440; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0045; FHL microfilm: 1374453 / Ancestry.com
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, Ancestry.com, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Colorado, 10/16/1940 - 03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 41 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on February 8, 1907 was between -7.5 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -4.3 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
April 17 » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
Day of marriage June 10, 1954
The temperature on June 10, 1954 was between 11.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
Day of death February 1, 1981
The temperature on February 1, 1981 was between -1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
June 25 » Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
December 18 » First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
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