The temperature on July 24, 1895 was about 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
Day of death July 11, 1940
The temperature on July 11, 1940 was between 13.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
May 24 » Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico.
June 5 » World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red").
June 17 » World War II: The British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
November 2 » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
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