The temperature on August 27, 1909 was between 10.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 9 » Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180km; 112mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of marriage March 23, 1933
The temperature on March 23, 1933 was between -0.5 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
March 20 » Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of Dachau concentration camp as Chief of Police of Munich and appointed Theodor Eicke as the camp commandant.
May 18 » New Deal: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an act creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
August 24 » The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
October 19 » Konstantin von Neurath withdraws Germany from the League of Nations.
November 7 » Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
Day of death September 4, 1944
The temperature on September 4, 1944 was between 13.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
August 2 » World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
October 25 » Second World War: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
October 26 » World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
October 29 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary.
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