The temperature on August 8, 1911 was between 11.3 °C and 27.9 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 29 » Mexican Revolution: Mexicali is captured by the Mexican Liberal Party, igniting the Magonista rebellion of 1911.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
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 December 2, 1937
The temperature on December 2, 1937 was between 5.0 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The New London School explosion in New London, Texas, kills 300 people, mostly children.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
Day of death February 6, 1975
The temperature on February 6, 1975 was between -3.3 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 17 » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
June 12 » India, Judge Jagmohanlal Sinha of the city of Allahabad ruled that India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had used corrupt practices to win her seat in the Indian Parliament, and that she should be banned from holding any public office. Mrs. Gandhi sent word that she refused to resign.
July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
December 2 » Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
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