January 9 » Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
Day of marriage October 4, 1939
The temperature on October 4, 1939 was between 1.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
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.
January 13 » The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
January 14 » Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
April 9 » African-American singer Marian Anderson gives a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after being denied the use of Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
Day of death August 11, 1996
The temperature on August 11, 1996 was between 14.8 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
July 5 » Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
September 27 » Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N. oil spill in Portland, Maine.
October 16 » Eighty-four football fans die and 180 are injured in a massive crush at a match in Guatemala City.
November 25 » An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
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