The temperature on March 22, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage May 24, 1935
The temperature on May 24, 1935 was between 10.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
September 8 » US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
Day of death March 7, 1982
The temperature on March 7, 1982 was between -2.0 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 29 » The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
May 21 » Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos.
October 1 » Epcot opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
October 14 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
November 12 » USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
December 7 » In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
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