The temperature on November 11, 1911 was between 2.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Day of marriage April 3, 1958
The temperature on April 3, 1958 was between -2.0 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
September 15 » A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
November 25 » French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
Day of death March 3, 1988
The temperature on March 3, 1988 was between 1.4 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 14 » In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
May 4 » The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
September 12 » Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
September 29 » NASA launches STS-26, the first mission since the Challenger disaster.
October 5 » A Chilean opposition coalition defeats Augusto Pinochet in his re-election attempt.
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