The temperature on December 27, 1910 was between -0.6 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.
May 4 » The Royal Canadian Navy is created.
May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
June 25 » The United States Congress passes the Mann Act, which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for “immoral purposes”; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
Day of marriage July 16, 1931
The temperature on July 16, 1931 was between 12.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
March 19 » Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
July 16 » Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
Day of death August 31, 1974
The temperature on August 31, 1974 was between 12.3 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
November 20 » The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board.
December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
December 24 » Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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