The temperature on April 29, 1909 was between 5.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 15.5 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
Day of marriage November 14, 1935
The temperature on November 14, 1935 was between 2.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 31 » A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroys Quetta in modern-day Pakistan killing 40,000.
June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
July 5 » The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
Day of death February 24, 1949
The temperature on February 24, 1949 was between 3.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
June 19 » The first ever NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Speedway, where Jim Roper would win the inaugural event.
October 25 » The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
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