The temperature on June 2, 1895 was about 14.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of marriage November 13, 1919
The temperature on November 13, 1919 was between -5.5 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
March 23 » In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
Day of death October 5, 1937
The temperature on October 5, 1937 was between 8.0 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
July 7 » The Peel Commission Report recommends the partition of Palestine, which was the first formal recommendation for partition in the history of Palestine.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
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