The temperature on July 1, 1910 was between 9.7 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
April 16 » The oldest existing indoor ice hockey arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
July 16 » John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
July 24 » The Ottoman Empire captures the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910.
September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
September 22 » The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
Day of marriage January 29, 1947
The temperature on January 29, 1947 was between -13.6 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
Day of death September 17, 1988
The temperature on September 17, 1988 was between 11.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
May 24 » Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority cannot intentionally promote homosexuality, is enacted.
July 3 » United States Navy warship USSVincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
July 23 » General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
August 20 » "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park
November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
December 21 » A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270. This is to date the deadliest air disaster to occur in British soil.
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