The temperature on December 20, 1909 was between -0.8 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
February 12 » The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
Day of marriage November 29, 1935
The temperature on November 29, 1935 was between 3.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
May 14 » The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
June 10 » Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
August 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
October 3 » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia.
December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.
Day of death April 3, 1973
The temperature on April 3, 1973 was between -1.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 2 » Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
September 28 » The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the coup d'état in Chile.
October 25 » Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
December 6 » The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92–3.)
December 15 » John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10.
Day of burial April 7, 1973
The temperature on April 7, 1973 was between 0.6 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). 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, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
February 21 » Over the Sinai Desert, Israeli fighter aircraft shoot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 jet killing 108 people.
March 17 » The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
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