The temperature on October 30, 1911 was between 2.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage September 6, 1945
The temperature on September 6, 1945 was between 9.4 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 17 » World War II: The Vistula–Oder Offensive forces German troops out of Warsaw.
April 20 » World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
April 29 » World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.
July 31 » Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
August 14 » Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
October 17 » A massive demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, demands Juan Perón's release.
Day of death October 28, 1961
The temperature on October 28, 1961 was between 5.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
August 21 » Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit (in America), "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.
December 17 » Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500.
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