The temperature on May 5, 1913 was between 4.2 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
Day of marriage January 15, 1935
The temperature on January 15, 1935 was between -1.1 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
April 23 » The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.
June 25 » Colombia–Soviet Union relations are established.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
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