The temperature on November 27, 1909 was between -0.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
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 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
August 19 » The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage August 29, 1934
The temperature on August 29, 1934 was between 9.7 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay becomes a United States federal prison.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
December 5 » Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death November 29, 1976
The temperature on November 29, 1976 was between 6.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
April 9 » The EMD F40PH diesel locomotive enters revenue service with Amtrak.
April 13 » The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
September 21 » Seychelles joins the United Nations.
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