The temperature on June 20, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
Day of marriage January 16, 1937
The temperature on January 16, 1937 was between 0.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The Royal New Zealand Air Force is formed as an independent service.
June 15 » A German expedition led by Karl Wien loses sixteen members in an avalanche on Nanga Parbat. It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
December 11 » Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
December 22 » The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
Day of death December 10, 2007
The temperature on December 10, 2007 was between 5.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 1 » Adam Air Flight 574 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes near the Makassar Strait, Indonesia killing all 102 people on board.
April 16 » Virginia Tech shooting: Seung-Hui Cho guns down 32 people and injures 17 before committing suicide.
May 4 » Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
June 8 » Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of a trade ship, the MVPasha Bulker.
August 23 » The skeletal remains of Russia's last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia are discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
December 11 » Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs explode in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations.
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