January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
Day of marriage June 28, 1934
The temperature on June 28, 1934 was between 11.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 18.9 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
Day of death July 28, 1943
The temperature on July 28, 1943 was between 13.3 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
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