The temperature on April 23, 1911 was between 6.2 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
Day of death May 29, 1983
The temperature on May 29, 1983 was between 7.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
June 5 » More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service.
October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
November 7 » United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
November 10 » Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
November 15 » Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence. Recognized only by Turkey.
December 31 » Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever African American police commissioner.
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