The temperature on June 12, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
Day of marriage February 19, 1936
The temperature on February 19, 1936 was between 3.9 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Day of death January 10, 1937
The temperature on January 10, 1937 was between -2.1 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
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