The temperature on December 12, 1911 was between 0.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of death September 10, 1958
The temperature on September 10, 1958 was between 12.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Founding of the Benelux Economic Union, creating a testing ground for a later European Economic Community.
April 21 » United Airlines Flight 736 collides into a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
November 28 » Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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