The temperature on November 20, 1911 was between 2.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of marriage August 17, 1938
The temperature on August 17, 1938 was between 13.1 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
October 1 » Germany annexes the Sudetenland.
October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.
Day of death September 24, 1950
The temperature on September 24, 1950 was between 9.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 11.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
May 19 » A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
August 29 » Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
November 26 » Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
December 17 » The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
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