The temperature on January 5, 1911 was between -0.7 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
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 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
Day of marriage June 22, 1937
The temperature on June 22, 1937 was between 10.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
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.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Day of death December 8, 1969
The temperature on December 8, 1969 was between -1.7 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
April 7 » The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
September 9 » In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
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