The temperature on January 17, 1934 was between 0.5 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
Day of marriage July 6, 1957
The temperature on July 6, 1957 was between 16.2 °C and 32.2 °C and averaged 24.2 °C. There was 12.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 23 » American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
July 29 » The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
August 1 » The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
December 20 » The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.
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