The temperature on May 3, 1911 was between 7.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
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 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death May 8, 1973
The temperature on May 8, 1973 was between 4.1 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
January 27 » The Paris Peace Accords officially end the Vietnam War. Colonel William Nolde is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
September 18 » The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
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