The temperature on November 11, 1935 was between 4.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 13 » A jury in Flemington, New Jersey finds Bruno Hauptmann guilty of the 1932 kidnapping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, the son of Charles Lindbergh.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
September 3 » Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300mph.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
Christening day December 29, 1935
The temperature on December 29, 1935 was between 5.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
April 1 » India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
May 6 » New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
July 24 » The Dust Bowl heat wave reaches its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee.
September 17 » The Niagara Gorge Railroad ceases operations after a rockslide.
Day of death January 31, 1952
The temperature on January 31, 1952 was between -0.2 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 16.3 mm of rain during 11.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
May 3 » The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.
November 14 » The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
Day of burial February 5, 1952
The temperature on February 5, 1952 was between -1.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
November 4 » The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
December 24 » First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber.
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