The temperature on July 29, 1910 was between 10.0 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of marriage August 2, 1935
The temperature on August 2, 1935 was between 8.0 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
September 24 » Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
Day of death December 21, 1984
The temperature on December 21, 1984 was between 2.8 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
May 6 » One hundred three Korean Martyrs are canonized by Pope John Paul II in Seoul.
May 27 » The Danube-Black Sea canal is opened, in a ceremony attended by the Ceaușescus. It had been under construction since the 1950s.
September 14 » Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
October 16 » Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 19 » A Roman Catholic priest, Jerzy Popiełuszko, associated with the Solidarity Union, is killed by three agents of the Polish Communist internal intelligence agency.
November 2 » Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
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