The temperature on September 5, 1911 was between 10.9 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of death August 7, 1977
The temperature on August 7, 1977 was between 14.4 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 20 » Jimmy Carter is inaugurated the 39th President of the United States of America.
January 28 » The first day of the Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 which dumps 10 feet (3.0m) of snow in one day in Upstate New York, with Buffalo, Syracuse, Watertown, and surrounding areas are most affected.
February 4 » A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
April 28 » The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of murder and more than 30 counts of attempted murder.
October 7 » The Fourth Soviet Constitution is adopted.
October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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