May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of marriage September 19, 1940
The temperature on September 19, 1940 was between 10.3 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 3 » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
May 13 » World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.
May 15 » USSSailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
May 15 » World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
August 30 » The Second Vienna Award reassigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.
November 16 » World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
Day of death October 3, 1967
The temperature on October 3, 1967 was between 8.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
October 18 » The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
November 14 » The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
December 20 » A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
Day of burial October 6, 1967
The temperature on October 6, 1967 was between 8.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
August 24 » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
December 13 » Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
December 17 » Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned.
December 19 » Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
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