The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.7 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death January 4, 1960
The temperature on January 4, 1960 was between 3.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
August 5 » Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
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