The temperature on October 24, 1909 was between 6.5 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
May 13 » The first Giro d'Italia starts from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna will be the winner.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of marriage November 26, 1937
The temperature on November 26, 1937 was between 3.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
January 25 » The Guiding Light debuts on NBC radio from Chicago. In 1952 it moves to CBS television, where it remains until September 18, 2009.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
September 25 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
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