The temperature on April 9, 1934 was between 5.3 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
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.
June 15 » The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
August 2 » Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
August 22 » Bill Woodfull of Australia becomes the only cricket captain to twice regain The Ashes.
September 1 » The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
Day of marriage January 22, 1959
The temperature on January 22, 1959 was between 7.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
April 25 » The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
August 31 » A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
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