The temperature on December 15, 1909 was between -3.2 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
Day of marriage August 11, 1936
The temperature on August 11, 1936 was between 14.7 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
August 1 » The Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
Day of death November 4, 1964
The temperature on November 4, 1964 was between 2.3 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
April 1 » The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
December 24 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
Day of burial November 9, 1964
The temperature on November 9, 1964 was between -0.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 26 » Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
December 4 » Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
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