The temperature on January 23, 1911 was between -2.1 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
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.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of marriage May 24, 1937
The temperature on May 24, 1937 was between 11.4 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 8 » Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Saadabad.
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