The temperature on October 31, 1911 was between 5.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of marriage June 6, 1940
The temperature on June 6, 1940 was between 12.7 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 15.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 23 » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All-India Muslim League.
June 12 » World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
November 13 » Walt Disney's animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the first night of a roadshow at New York's Broadway Theatre.
November 16 » The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
Day of death January 16, 1971
The temperature on January 16, 1971 was between 2.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
August 21 » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
October 12 » The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins.
October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
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