The temperature on March 2, 1911 was between 3.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of death September 9, 1951
The temperature on September 9, 1951 was between 12.0 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
March 7 » Iranian prime minister Ali Razmara is assassinated by Khalil Tahmasebi, a member of the Islamic fundamentalist Fada'iyan-e Islam, inside a mosque in Tehran.
March 20 » Fujiyoshida, a city located in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, in the center of the Japanese main island of Honshū is founded.
March 29 » Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
April 11 » Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
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