The temperature on April 11, 1907 was between 3.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
July 29 » Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
August 15 » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
Day of marriage April 3, 1936
The temperature on April 3, 1936 was between 4.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 29 » Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in the 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum.
April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
July 26 » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
October 1 » Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
November 12 » In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
November 20 » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
Day of death March 31, 1946
The temperature on March 31, 1946 was between 3.6 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
February 1 » The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
February 12 » African American United States Army veteran Isaac Woodard is severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer to the point where he loses his vision in both eyes. The incident later galvanizes the civil rights movement and partially inspires Orson Welles' film Touch of Evil.
May 21 » Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
September 24 » Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
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