The temperature on November 5, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage November 5, 1937
The temperature on November 5, 1937 was between 0.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 12 » The Duke and Duchess of York are crowned as King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Westminster Abbey.
May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
December 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Day of death December 5, 1957
The temperature on December 5, 1957 was between 3.0 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
December 17 » The United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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