The temperature on January 19, 1911 was between 3.5 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
Day of marriage May 14, 1934
The temperature on May 14, 1934 was between 2.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » A "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring" comes into effect in Nazi Germany.
February 16 » The Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republikanischer Schutzbund.
April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
May 15 » Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
July 2 » The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm.
Day of death September 20, 1943
The temperature on September 20, 1943 was between 6.4 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
January 15 » The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia.
January 29 » World War II: The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, USSChicago(CA-29) is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
June 25 » The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
October 19 » Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
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